Cerny, Essonne

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Commune in Île-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Marie-Claire Chambaret^[1]Area17.13 km² (6.61 sq mi)Population3,345 • Density200/km² (510/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation52–152 m (171–499 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cerny (French pronunciation: [sɛʁni] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is 53 km South of Paris.

It has an airfield named Aérodrome de Cerny - La Ferté-Alais, including an airplane museum.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,200	—
1975	1,659	+4.74%
1982	2,258	+4.50%
1990	2,774	+2.61%
1999	3,066	+1.12%
2007	3,225	+0.63%
2012	3,332	+0.65%
2017	3,336	+0.02%
Source: INSEE[4]

Inhabitants of Cerny are known as Cernois in French.

Architectural heritage

Saint-Pierre Church, from the 13th century, officially became a historical monument 10 February 1948. Château de Villiers: François I gave the Villiers castle to Jean de Selve, after de Selve negotiated the Madrid treaty in 1526.

Notable people from this commune

• Cécile Carnot (1841-1898), widow of Sadi Carnot, 4th president of the Third Republic. She died in Château de Presles.
• Philippe Clay (1927-2007), singer and actor who lived there

See also

• La Ferté-Alais Air Show
• Communes of the Essonne department

References

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