Charny | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason famille fr Charny.svg |
Arrondissement: | Montbard |
Canton: | Semur-en-Auxois |
Insee: | 21147 |
Postal Code: | 21350 |
Mayor: | Pascal Ripes[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 47.3375°N 4.4294°W |
Elevation M: | 518 |
Elevation Min M: | 342 |
Elevation Max M: | 567 |
Area Km2: | 7.8 |
Charny (in French pronounced as /ʃaʁni/) 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.