Charny, Côte-d'Or
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Charny
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| Coordinates: 47°20′15″N 4°25′46″E / 47.3375°N 4.4294°ECoordinates: 47°20′15″N 4°25′46″E / 47.3375°N 4.4294°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Côte-d'Or |
| Arrondissement | Montbard |
| Canton | Vitteaux |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Serge Gailhou |
| Area1 | 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 33 |
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 21147 /21350 |
| Elevation | 342–567 m (1,122–1,860 ft) (avg. 518 m or 1,699 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Charny is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
On 16 September 1911, Edouard Nieuport, racing pilot and airplane designer, dies a day after an airplane accident while landing at the Military Aerodrome in Charny in bad weather.
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