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Country
  
France

Department
  
Essonne

Intercommunality
  
Val d'Essonne

Area
  
17.13 km²

Arrondissement
  
Étampes

Region
  
Île-de-France

Canton
  
La Ferté-Alais

Population (2006)
  
3,312

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:59 AM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 100% Humidity

Cerny is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is 53 km South of Paris.

Contents

Map of 91590 Cerny, France

It has an airfield named Aérodrome de Cerny-La-Ferté-Allais, including an airplane museum.

Inhabitants of Cerny are known as Cernois.

Architectural heritage

Saint-Pierre Church, from the 13th century, was awarded as a historical monument 10 February 1948 Château de Villiers: the castle of Villiers is given by François I to Jean de Selve, after de Selve negotiated the Madrid treaty in 1526

Notable people from this commune

  • Jean de Selve (1475-1529), politician entitled as a lord
  • Cécile Carnot (1841-1898), widow of Sadi Carnot, 4th president of the Third Republic. She died in Château de Presles.
  • Jean-Baptiste Salis (1896-1967), pilot and collector of classic aircraft, founder of the Aerodrome of Cerny
  • Philippe Clay (1927-2007), singer and actor who lived there
  • Jean Salis (1937-), director of the aerodrome

    • References

    Cerny, Essonne Wikipedia
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