Cerny () is a commune in the

Essonne Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.department in

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in northern

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. It is 53 km South of Paris. It has an airfield named '' Aérodrome de Cerny - La Ferté-Alais'', including an airplane museum.Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis website
Inhabitants of Cerny are known as ''Cernois''.

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

Architectural heritage

Notable people from this commune

See also