Cernay-lès-Reims

Cernay-lès-Reims (French pronunciation: [sɛʁnɛ lɛ ʁɛ̃s], literally Cernay near Reims) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Cernay-lès-Reims
Commune
The town hall in Cernay-lès-Reims
Coat of arms
Location of Cernay-lès-Reims
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Coordinates: 49°09′19″N 4°03′41″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Reims
Canton	Reims-8
Intercommunality	CU Grand Reims
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Bedek[1]
Area 1	16.49 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,566
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	51105 /51420
Elevation	96–217 m (315–712 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cernay-lès-Reims, along with the neighboring commune of Berru, is notable in the literature of paleontology as the site of a geologic formation (part of the Paris Basin) that has yielded a significant number of Paleocene-strata fossils.^[3][4]

See also

• Communes of the Marne department