La Fère

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Fère

(2020–2026) Marie-Noëlle Vilain^[1]Area

6.73 km² (2.60 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,850 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

02304 /02800

Elevation47–80 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: [la fɛʁ]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in France.

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^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Fère, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE