Fère-en-Tardenois

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Fère-en-Tardenois
Commune
Ruins of the chateau
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°11′58″N 3°31′02″E / 49.1994°N 3.5172°E / 49.1994; 3.5172Coordinates: 49°11′58″N 3°31′02″E / 49.1994°N 3.5172°E / 49.1994; 3.5172
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Château-Thierry
Canton	Fère-en-Tardenois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Roseleux[1]
Area 1	20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	3,032
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Fère-en-Tardenois (French pronunciation: ​[fɛʁ ɑ̃ taʁdənwa], literally Fère in Tardenois) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

It is named for the Tardenois region.

Population[]

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 alterations.

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
• Histoire de Fère-en-Tardenois, Tome II

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