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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