La Fère

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 of 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%
1901	4,982	−0.12%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%
2023	2,796	−0.37%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2023)^[6]

References

↑"Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑"Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑Mémoire des Hommes (ed.). "Museums and Monuments : Ancienne école de l'artillerie" (in French).
↑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.
↑Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Fère, EHESS(in French).
↑Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[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.

[ehess-5] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Fère, EHESS(in French).

[pophist-6] Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

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History

Population

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References