Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon

Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ølali də sɛʁnɔ̃]; Occitan: Senta Aulària de Sarnon) is a commune in the southern French department of Aveyron.

Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Commune
The fortified hospital
The fortified hospital
Coat of arms of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon is located in France
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon is located in Occitanie
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Coordinates: 43°58′57″N 3°08′13″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonCausses-Rougiers
IntercommunalityLarzac et Vallées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Thierry Cadenet[1]
Area
1
46.35 km2 (17.90 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
299
 • Density6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12220 /12230
Elevation529–912 m (1,736–2,992 ft)
(avg. 635 m or 2,083 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
The Hall of Honour of the Commandery

At the heart of the historic settlement is the Commandery of Saint Eulalia, a hospital (in the medieval sense of the word) established by the Order of the Knights Templar. After that Order was disbanded by Philip IV of France in 1307-08, royal forces were sent to close the hospital down, and from that event a detailed account of the buildings, their contents, both in the chapel and in the secular parts of the complex, and the life and customs of the occupants, has survived.[3]

Entrance of the church

The Commandery came under the control of the Knights Hospitallers during the Hundred Years War and survived until its final destruction as a result of the French Revolution towards the end of the eighteenth century.[3]

Many medieval buildings survive, together with later ones, inside high defensive walls.

Population
An open space within the walls
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962220—    
1968248+12.7%
1975253+2.0%
1982230−9.1%
1990219−4.8%
1999221+0.9%
2008248+12.2%

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Dominic Selwood, Knights of the Cloister (Boydell Press paperback, 2001), Chapter VII pp 197–207
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