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 Aveyron department in southern France.

Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Commune
The fortified hospital
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon
Coordinates: 43°58′57″N 3°08′13″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonCausses-Rougiers
IntercommunalityLarzac et Vallées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Thierry Cadenet
Area
1
46.35 km2 (17.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
286
 • Density6.2/km2 (16/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 non-spiritual parts of the complex, and the life and customs of the occupants, has survived.[2]

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.[2]

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. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Dominic Selwood, Knights of the Cloister (Boydell Press paperback, 2001), Chapter VII pp 197–207


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