Soisy-sous-Montmorency

Soisy-sous-Montmorency
Commune
Place Sestre, the Wallace fountain
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Soisy-sous-Montmorency
Soisy-sous-Montmorency Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs Show map of France Soisy-sous-Montmorency Soisy-sous-Montmorency (Île-de-France (region)) Show map of Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°59′19″N 2°18′02″E / 48.9886°N 2.3006°E / 48.9886; 2.3006Coordinates: 48°59′19″N 2°18′02″E / 48.9886°N 2.3006°E / 48.9886; 2.3006
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Montmorency
Intercommunality	CA Plaine Vallée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Luc Stréhaiano
Area 1	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	18,243
• Density	4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95598 /95230
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Soisy-sous-Montmorency (French pronunciation: [swazi su mɔ̃mɔʁɑ̃si] (listen), literally Soisy under Montmorency) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise département located 15.3 km (9.5 mi) north of Paris, France.

History[]

On 7 August 1850, a part of the territory of Soisy-sous-Montmorency was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Saint-Gratien, a part of the territory of Deuil-la-Barre, and a part of the territory of Épinay-sur-Seine to create the commune of Enghien-les-Bains.

Sport[]

• Racecourse: Hippodrome d’Enghien-Soisy
• Sports stadium: Stade Albert Schweitzer home of the FC Soisy-Andilly-Margency.

Transport[]

Soisy-sous-Montmorency is served by Champ de Courses d'Enghien train station on the SNCF Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line.

Notable people[]

• Aristide Briand (1862–1932), French statesman
• Ida Presti (1924–1967), French classical guitarist and composer
• Georges Delerue (1925–1992), French composer
• Alexandre Lagoya (1929–1999), French classical guitarist
• Christian Noyer (* 1950), French economist
• Emmanuel Renaut (* 1968), French chef (born in Soisy)
• Christophe Agnolutto (* 1969), professional road bicycle racer (born in Soisy)
• Louis Saha (* 1978), French professional footballer (FC Soisy-Andilly-Margency)
• Ludwig Briand (* 1981), French actor (born in Soisy)
• Roxane Fournier (* 1991), French racing cyclist (born in Soisy)
• Thibault Rossard (* 1993), French volleyball player (born in Soisy)
• Alan Virginius (* 2003) French professional footballer (born in Soisy)

Gallery[]

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  Map of Soisy about 1780 (Dominique, comte de Cassini)

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  Town hall

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  Hippodrome d'Enghien-Soisy (2005)

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  Church Saint-Germain and the Parc du Val-Ombreux

See also[]

• Montmorency
• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References[]

• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (in French)

External links[]

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• Official website (in French)

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