Fère-en-Tardenois

Fère-en-Tardenois
Ruins of the chateau
Coat of arms
Fère-en-Tardenois
Location within Picardy region Fère-en-Tardenois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Château-Thierry
Canton	Fère-en-Tardenois
Intercommunality	Tardenois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Roseleux
Area1	20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	3,191
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02305 / 02130
Elevation	106–225 m (348–738 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fère-en-Tardenois is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France, .

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,852	—
1800	1,796	−3.0%
1806	1,806	+0.6%
1821	2,105	+16.6%
1831	2,313	+9.9%
1836	2,354	+1.8%
1841	2,461	+4.5%
1846	2,410	−2.1%
1851	2,556	+6.1%
1856	2,293	−10.3%
1861	2,497	+8.9%
1866	2,393	−4.2%
1872	2,218	−7.3%
1876	2,367	+6.7%
1881	2,322	−1.9%
1886	2,397	+3.2%
1891	2,265	−5.5%
1896	2,391	+5.6%
1901	2,508	+4.9%
1906	2,690	+7.3%
1911	2,548	−5.3%
1921	2,332	−8.5%
1926	2,476	+6.2%
1931	2,377	−4.0%
1936	2,169	−8.8%
1946	2,140	−1.3%
1954	2,250	+5.1%
1962	2,419	+7.5%
1968	2,730	+12.9%
1975	3,012	+10.3%
1982	3,246	+7.8%
1990	3,168	−2.4%
1999	3,356	+5.9%
2008	3,285	−2.1%
2012	3,191	−2.9%

Personalities

It was the birthplace of Camille Claudel (1864–1943), sculptor and graphic artist.

Sights

The Château de Fère-en-Tardenois dates originally from 1206, with later important Renaissance altertions.

The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial is one and a half miles east of Fère-en-Tardenois. It contains the graves of 6,012 American soldiers who died while fighting in this vicinity during World War I including the poet, Joyce Kilmer and, until 1987, Eddie Slovik, a deserter and the first American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

• INSEE