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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardy |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Château-Thierry |
| Canton | Fère-en-Tardenois |
| Intercommunality | Tardenois |
| Mayor | Jean-Paul Roseleux (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 106–225 m (348–738 ft) (avg. 125 m/410 ft) |
| Land area1 | 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 3,285 (2008) |
| - Density | 161 /km2 (420 /sq mi) |
| 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Fère-en-Tardenois is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France, .
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| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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| Population | 1852 | 1796 | 1806 | 2105 | 2313 | 2354 | 2461 | 2410 | 2556 | 2293 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 2497 | 2393 | 2218 | 2367 | 2322 | 2397 | 2265 | 2391 | 2508 | 2690 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 2548 | 2332 | 2476 | 2377 | 2169 | 2140 | 2250 | 2419 | 2730 | 3012 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 3246 | 3168 | 3356 | 3285 |
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 American Civil War.