Cerny (Essonne)

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Cerny
Cerny Coat of Arms
Cerny (France)
Cerny
region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Etampes
Canton Etampes
Community association Val d'Essonne
Coordinates 48 ° 29 ′  N , 2 ° 20 ′  E 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

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
  • 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