Fère-en-Tardenois
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Commune of Fère-en-Tardenois |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardie |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Château-Thierry |
| Canton | Fère-en-Tardenois |
| Intercommunality | Tardenois |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Parmentier (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 106m–225m (avg. 125m) |
| Land area¹ | 20,4 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
3 356 |
| - Density | 165/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 02305/ 02130 |
| 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. | |
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Fère-en-Tardenois is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France, .
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It was the birthplace of Camille Claudel (1864–1943), sculptor and graphic artist.
Outside the village is the 13th century Château of Fère-en-Tardenois, founded by the Counts of Dreux. Notable for its later Renaissance bridge.
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial lies 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 Civil War.
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