Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon

(2020–2026) Thierry Cadenet^[1]Area

46.35 km² (17.90 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

310 • Density6.7/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.

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.

At the heart of the historic settlement is the Commandery of Saint Eulalia, a medieval hospital established by the Order of the Knights Templar. After that Order was disbanded by Philip IV of France in 1307-1308, 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]

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.

Entrance of the church
The Hall of Honour of the Commandery
An open space within the walls

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	220	—
1968	248	+12.7%
1975	253	+2.0%
1982	230	−9.1%
1990	219	−4.8%
1999	221	+0.9%
2008	248	+12.2%

Notes and references

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Dominic Selwood, Knights of the Cloister (Boydell Press paperback, 2001), Chapter VII pp 197–207