Saint-Cernin (Cantal)

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Saint-Cernin
Sant Sarnin
Coat of arms of Saint-Cernin
Saint-Cernin (France)
Saint-Cernin
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Cantal
Arrondissement Aurillac
Canton Naucelles
Community association Pays de Salers
Coordinates 45 ° 4 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 4 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  E
height 556-985 m
surface 46.75 km 2
Residents 1,072 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 15310
INSEE code 15175
Website http://www.saint-cernin.fr/

Center of Saint-Cernin

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Saint-Cernin ( Occitan : Sant Sarnin ) is a French municipality with 1,072 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Aurillac and the canton of Naucelles .

geography

Saint-Cernin is about 14 kilometers north-northwest of Aurillac . Saint-Cernin is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Cirques-de-Malbert in the north and north-west, Saint-Chamant in the north and north-east, Saint-Projet-de-Salers in the north-east, Tournemire in the east, Marmanhac in the east and south-east, Jussac in the South, Freix-Anglards in the south and southwest and Saint-Illide in the west.

The former route nationale 122 (today's D922) runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,677 1,448 1.314 1,245 1,164 1,128 1,068 1,118
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Romanesque church
  • Bournazel Castle with a mill
  • Le Cambon Castle, Monument historique
  • Ourzeaux Castle
  • Ragheaud Castle from the 15th century, monument historique since 1964
  • Donjon of Marzes

  • The church around 1910.

  • Le Cambon Castle

  • Ragheaud Castle

  • Donjon of Marzes

Personalities

Web links

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