Fère-en-Tardenois
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Coordinates: 49°11′58″N 3°31′02″E / 49.199444°N 3.517222°E
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Commune of Fère-en-Tardenois |
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  Fère-en-Tardenois
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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 | 106–225 m (350–740 ft) (avg. 125 m/410 ft) |
| Land area1 | 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 3,356 (1999) |
| - Density | 165 /km² (430 /sq mi) |
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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. | |
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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