La Fère

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = La Fère

|commune status = Commune

|image = Église Saint-Montain - La Fère.JPG

|caption = The church of La Fère

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr La Fère 02.svg

|arrondissement = Laon

|canton = Tergnier

|INSEE = 02304

|postal code = 02800

|mayor = Marie-Noëlle Vilain{{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}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère

|coordinates = {{coord|49.6625|3.3664|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 50

|elevation min m = 47

|elevation max m = 80

|area km2 = 6.73

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

La Fère ({{IPA|fr|la fɛʁ}}) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in France. It was once famous for its military school (1720), one the oldest commissioned for instructing ordnance officers.{{cite web|language=fr|title=Museums and Monuments : Ancienne école de l'artillerie|editor=Mémoire des Hommes|url=https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/en/arkotheque/navigation_facette/fiche_detail.php?f=musees&ref1=32}}

History

During World War II, Nazi Germany operated the Stalag 191 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in La Fère.{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1|page=281}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|13689|La Fère}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-02304#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |2483

|1800 |2600

|1806 |2721

|1821 |2678

|1831 |2792

|1836 |2651

|1841 |3911

|1846 |4632

|1851 |4441

|1856 |4122

|1861 |4061

|1866 |4984

|1872 |4158

|1876 |4914

|1881 |5109

|1886 |4951

|1891 |5394

|1896 |5011

|1901 |4982

|1906 |4745

|1911 |5095

|1921 |2136

|1926 |3161

|1931 |3331

|1936 |3533

|1946 |2750

|1954 |3485

|1962 |3161

|1968 |3703

|1975 |3531

|1982 |2979

|1990 |2930

|1999 |2817

|2007 |2962

|2012 |2982

|2017 |2859

}}

See also

References

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