Coordinates: 49°54′03″N 3°37′42″E / 49.900833°N 3.628333°E
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Commune of Guise |
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| Location | |
 
Guise
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardie |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Vervins |
| Canton | Guise |
| Mayor | Daniel Cuvelier (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 91–157 m (300–520 ft) (avg. 97 m/320 ft) |
| Land area1 | 16.13 km2 (6.23 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 5,901 (1999) |
| - Density | 366 /km2 (950 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02361/ 02120 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Guise is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France. The ruins of the medieval castle of Guise, seat of the Dukes of Guise, are located in the commune.
Guise is the agricultural centre of the northern area of Aisne.
Guise was the birthplace of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794), a journalist and politician who played an important part in the French Revolution.
It also hosted Jean-Baptiste Godin's familistère, created on the model of Charles Fourier's phalanstères.
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