Château de Coucy – Porte de Chauny loop from Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
Château de Coucy – Porte de Chauny loop from Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
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Château de Coucy – Porte de Chauny loop from Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
03:23
44.8km
550m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 26, 2026
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Temporary access restrictions
Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.
After 21.5 km for 4.02 km
Deliveries only
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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8.79 km
Forêt domaniale de Saint-Gobain
Forest
14.1 km
Washhouse in Prémontré (Rue du lavoir)
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Contrary to a very widespread representation, the washerwomen did not go there most often to wash the linen, but to rinse it there. Going to the washhouse was indeed the last step before drying. Since washing consumed only a few buckets of water, it could take place in homes or laundry rooms where laundry would accumulate before the "big wash", but rinsing required large amounts of clean water, only available in streams or in a captured source. However, there are washhouses with several basins, the upstream basin serving as a rinser, those downstream as a washhouse (washing the laundry itself) or even a drinking trough. (Wikipedia)
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14.7 km
Prémontré Abbey
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30.1 km
Bridge on the Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne
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The path to the left before the bridge is a dead end.
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30.1 km
This path leads nowhere!
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43.1 km
Laon Gate (Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique)
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43.3 km
War memorial
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Dit was eigenlijk de bekende leuze van de Heren van Coucy!
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43.3 km
Château de Coucy
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The castle of a powerful family. In 1214, Enguerrand III de Coucy took part in the victory of the Battle of Bouvines, near Lille, the first major European battle and cement of nascent national feeling. In the 14th century, Enguerrand VII de Coucy, a great diplomat, turned it into a sumptuous palace.
A decor that survives its disappearance. The first known representation of the iconographic theme of the Neuf Preuses, sculpted on a monumental fireplace fitted out in Coucy by Louis d'Orléans around 1400 and published in the 16th century by Androuet du Cerceau, inspired in the 19th century the architect Viollet-le-Duc to realize the fireplace in the great room of the Château de Pierrefonds.
Four centuries of destruction. Dismantled in 1652, the castle was used as a stone quarry until its acquisition by Louis-Philippe in 1829, then by the State in 1848. Several architects, including Viollet-le-Duc, succeeded each other to preserve the ruins. During the First World War, the four towers and the keep were destroyed by the German army.
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43.5 km
Porte de Chauny
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44.8 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
22.2 km
18.3 km
2.54 km
1.69 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
16.5 km
12.9 km
10.6 km
4.14 km
670 m
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Elevation
Highest point (200 m)
Lowest point (60 m)
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