Cessy
Cessy is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The area was first inhabited by two farming families in the eleventh century, and as the town has grown its agricultural heritage has remained a significant feature, with the populated area surrounded by a vast expanse of fields and an annual agricultural festival.
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_-_Mairie.jpg.webp) Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Cessy 
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| Coordinates: 46°19′09″N 6°04′12″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Gex |
| Canton | Gex |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Gex Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Christophe Bouvier |
| Area 1 | 6.39 km2 (2.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 4,856 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01071 /01170 |
| Elevation | 496–583 m (1,627–1,913 ft) (avg. 526 m or 1,726 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 2006 | 3,233 | — |
| 2007 | 3,368 | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 3,660 | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 3,819 | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 3,992 | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 4,167 | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 4,342 | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 4,524 | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 4,797 | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 4,817 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 4,836 | +0.4% |
Compact Muon Solenoid
One of the primary points of interest in the quiet community of Cessy, France is the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, located 100 meters below ground at a site on the south-eastern edge of the village. CMS is a high-energy particle physics experiment which observes the result of high energy proton-proton collisions of the CERN laboratory's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator.[2]
Personalities
Tim Berners-Lee lived on Rue de la Mairie in Cessy when he, with Robert Cailliau, invented the World Wide Web.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "CMS home page". Archived from the original on 2008-11-15. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
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