Cerny, Essonne

Cerny
Commune
The town hall of Cerny
Coat of arms
Location of Cerny
Cerny Cerny
Coordinates: 48°28′35″N 2°19′45″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Étampes
Canton	Étampes
Intercommunality	Val d'Essonne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claire Chambaret
Area 1	17.13 km2 (6.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,345
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91129 /91590
Elevation	52–152 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.

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

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

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)