Cenon

For other uses, see Cenon (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Xenon.

Cenon (French pronunciation: [sənɔ̃]; Gascon: Senon) is a commune in the department of Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

Cenon
Commune
Train station
Coat of arms
Location of Cenon
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Coordinates: 44°51′28″N 0°31′54″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Cenon
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Egron[1]
Area 1	5.52 km2 (2.13 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	26,784
• Density	4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Cenonnais(e)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33119 /33150
Elevation	3–75 m (9.8–246.1 ft) (avg. 123 m or 404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the east side.

Notable People

• Virgile Pinson, footballer

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,395 —     1800 568 −12.05% 1806 1,329 +15.22% 1821 1,437 +0.52% 1831 1,805 +2.31% 1836 2,033 +2.41% 1841 2,607 +5.10% 1846 3,281 +4.71% 1851 4,022 +4.16% 1856 5,686 +7.17% 1861 6,817 +3.69% 1866 848 −34.09% 1872 970 +2.27% 1876 1,080 +2.72% 1881 1,264 +3.20% 1886 1,767 +6.93% 1891 2,199 +4.47% 1896 2,587 +3.30%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,556 +6.57% 1906 3,817 +1.43% 1911 4,806 +4.72% 1921 6,650 +3.30% 1926 8,153 +4.16% 1931 9,700 +3.54% 1936 10,087 +0.79% 1946 10,051 −0.04% 1954 10,747 +0.84% 1962 13,821 +3.19% 1968 17,713 +4.22% 1975 24,769 +4.91% 1982 23,520 −0.74% 1990 21,363 −1.20% 1999 21,283 −0.04% 2007 22,732 +0.83% 2012 22,385 −0.31% 2017 24,729 +2.01%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department