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{{About|French location}}
{{distinguish|Giese}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Guise
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Cour guise.jpg
|caption            = Dungeon and ''basse court'' of the Château de Guise
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Guise 02.svg
|arrondissement     = Vervins
|canton             = Guise
|INSEE              = 02361
|postal code        = 02120
|mayor              = Hugues Cochet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   =
|coordinates        = {{coord|49.9008|3.6283|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 97
|elevation min m    = 91
|elevation max m    = 157
|area km2           = 16.13
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Guise''' ({{IPAc-en|g|w|i:|z}} {{respell|GWEEZ}}, {{IPA|fr|ɡɥiz|lang}}; {{langx|nl|Wieze}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Aisne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Hauts-de-France]] in northern [[France]]. The city was the birthplace of the noble family of [[House of Guise|Guise]], Dukes of Guise, who later became [[Prince of Joinville|Princes of Joinville]].

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|16471|Guise}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-02361#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|1793 |3085
|1800 |3039
|1806 |3097
|1821 |2729
|1831 |3072
|1836 |3241
|1841 |3543
|1846 |3528
|1851 |4060
|1856 |3684
|1861 |4529
|1866 |5289
|1872 |5659
|1876 |6250
|1881 |7131
|1886 |7677
|1891 |8153
|1896 |8082
|1901 |7310
|1906 |7776
|1911 |8099
|1921 |6185
|1926 |7097
|1931 |7110
|1936 |6981
|1946 |6031
|1954 |6091
|1962 |6284
|1968 |6805
|1975 |6642
|1982 |6195
|1990 |5976
|1999 |5901
|2007 |5489
|2012 |5182
|2017 |4824
}}

==Sights==
The remains of the [[Guise castle|medieval castle of Guise]], the seat of the [[House of Guise|Dukes of Guise]], is within the commune.

==Economy==
Guise is the agricultural centre of the northern area of Aisne.

==Miscellaneous==
Guise was the birthplace of [[Camille Desmoulins]] (1760–1794), a [[journalist]] and [[politician]] who played an important part in the [[French Revolution]], and that of [[Jeanne Macherez]] who was a heroine during the World War I.
[[File:Familistère Central Guise Intérieur.JPG|thumb|left|Le Familistère de Guise]]
Over a period of 20 years, beginning about 1856, [[Jean-Baptiste Godin]] built the {{ill|Familistery of Guise|fr|Familistère de Guise|de|Familistère|pt|Familistério de Godin}} (the Social Palace), an industrial and communal residential complex that was a separate community within Guise.  It expressed many of his ideas about developing social sympathy through improved housing and services for workers and their families, influenced by the ideas of the philosopher [[Charles Fourier]].  In 1880 Godin created a cooperative association by which the workers owned and managed the complex.  This continued until 1968.

On the 29th of August 1914  the [[Battle of St. Quentin (1914)]] was fought in and around the town. A memorial in Guise celebrates this event.
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==See also==
* [[House of Guise]]
* [[Communes of the Aisne department]]

==References==
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{{Commons category|Guise}}
{{Aisne communes}}

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[[Category:Thiérache]]
[[Category:Communes of Aisne]]
[[Category:Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia]]


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