La Fère

La Fère
Commune
The church of La Fère
Coat of arms
Location of La Fère
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Coordinates: 49°39′45″N3°21′59″E / 49.6625°N 3.3664°E / 49.6625; 3.3664
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Tergnier
Intercommunality	CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Noëlle Vilain [1]
Area 1	6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	2,850
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02304 /02800
Elevation	47–80 m (154–262 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Fère (French pronunciation: [lafɛʁ] ) 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. ^[3]

History

During World War II, Nazi Germany operated the Stalag 191 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in La Fère. ^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,483 —     1800 2,600 +0.66% 1806 2,721 +0.76% 1821 2,678 −0.11% 1831 2,792 +0.42% 1836 2,651 −1.03% 1841 3,911 +8.09% 1846 4,632 +3.44% 1851 4,441 −0.84% 1856 4,122 −1.48% 1861 4,061 −0.30% 1866 4,984 +4.18% 1872 4,158 −2.97% 1876 4,914 +4.26% 1881 5,109 +0.78% 1886 4,951 −0.63% 1891 5,394 +1.73% 1896 5,011 −1.46%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,982 −0.12% 1906 4,745 −0.97% 1911 5,095 +1.43% 1921 2,136 −8.33% 1926 3,161 +8.15% 1931 3,331 +1.05% 1936 3,533 +1.18% 1946 2,750 −2.47% 1954 3,485 +3.01% 1962 3,161 −1.21% 1968 3,703 +2.67% 1975 3,531 −0.68% 1982 2,979 −2.40% 1990 2,930 −0.21% 1999 2,817 −0.44% 2007 2,962 +0.63% 2012 2,982 +0.13% 2017 2,859 −0.84%
Source: EHESS [5] and INSEE (1968-2017) [6]

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Mémoire des Hommes (ed.). "Museums and Monuments : Ancienne école de l'artillerie" (in French).
4. Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 281. ISBN   978-0-253-06089-1.
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Fère, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE