Cernay, Haut-Rhin

Commune in Grand Est, France

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Cernay Sanna
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Cernay
(2020–2026)		Michel Sordi^[1]
Area ¹	18.04 km² (6.97 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	11,745
• Density	650/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68063 /68700
Elevation	277–358 m (909–1,175 ft) (avg. 295 m or 968 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cernay (French pronunciation: [sɛʁnɛ] ^ⓘ; Alsatian: Sanna; German: Sennheim) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It is situated on the river Thur, 17 km northwest of Mulhouse.

Second World War

The SS had an "ideology school" for their soldiers, where "race theory" was part of the curriculum.^[3]

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,563	—
1975	9,342	+1.25%
1982	10,208	+1.27%
1990	10,313	+0.13%
1999	10,446	+0.14%
2007	11,118	+0.78%
2009	11,288	+0.76%
2012	11,398	+0.32%
2014	11,723	+1.42%
2017	11,565	−0.45%
2020	11,559	−0.02%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Verdens Gang, 2010-11-11,Frivillig til tjeneste i helvete (An interview of former soldier Bjørn Lindstad),pages 44,45: "Du gikk på SS-ideologiskole i Sennheim og beskriver detaljert i boken om raselære og jødehets. Ble du ideologisk påvirket? — Sikkert, det ville vært rart ellers. Senere erfarte vi at jøder ikke var slik propagandaen fremstilte dem."
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE