Charnay may refer to: Désiré Charnay (1828-1915), a French traveller and archaeologist Charnay is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Charnay, in the Doubs département Charnay, in the Rhône département Charnay-lès-Chalon, in the Saône-et-Loire département Charnay-lès-Mâcon, in the Saône-et-Loire département