Cerny (Essonne)
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Essonne | |
Arrondissement | Etampes | |
Canton | Etampes | |
Community association | Val d'Essonne | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 20 ′ E | |
height | 52-152 m | |
surface | 17.13 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,336 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 195 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 91590 | |
INSEE code | 91129 | |
Location of Cernys in the department |
Cerny is a French village with 3,336 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Étampes and the Canton of Étampes .
location
The municipality is located in the Gâtinais français Regional Nature Park . Neighboring municipalities of Cerny are Itteville in the north, Baulne in the northeast, La Ferté-Alais in the east, Guigneville-sur-Essonne in the southeast, D'Huison-Longueville in the south, Villeneuve-sur-Auvers and Boissy-le-Cutté in the southwest, Janville -sur-Juine to the west and Bouray-sur-Juine to the northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
Residents | 1060 | 1200 | 1659 | 2258 | 2774 | 3069 | 3248 |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church (13th century, Monument historique 1948)
- Groupe de Cerny, Neolithic sites in the Paris Basin
- Cerny Castle
- Villiers Castle
- The Abbey Villiers-aux-Nonnains was in the Revolution destroyed; Montmirault Castle, built in its place, was demolished in 1972; the Alexandre Denis vocational school is located here today.
- La Ferté-Alais Airport in the municipality of Cerny
Personalities
- Jean de Selve (1475–1529), French diplomat, lord of Cerny
- Cécile Carnot (1841–1898), wife of Marie François Sadi Carnot , died in Cerny
- Jean-Baptiste Salis (1896–1967), founder of the airport
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, Volume 1, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 406-412.
Web links
Commons : Cerny - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Cerny (Essonne) at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)