Department Aisne Intercommunality Tardenois Area 20.4 km² | Population (2012) 3,191 Local time Saturday 10:37 PM | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Fère-en-Tardenois is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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It is named for the Tardenois region.
Personalities
It was the birthplace of Camille Claudel (1864–1943), sculptor and graphic artist.
Sights
The Château de Fère-en-Tardenois dates originally from 1206, with later important Renaissance altertions.
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial is 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.
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Fère-en-Tardenois Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA