Soisy-sous-Montmorency
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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Soisy-sous-Montmorency (French pronunciation: [swazi su mɔ̃mɔʁɑ̃si] ⓘ, lit. 'Soisy under Montmorency') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department located 15.3 km (9.5 mi) north of Paris, France.
Soisy-sous-Montmorency | |
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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 within France  Soisy-sous-Montmorency Location within Île-de-France (region) | |
| Coordinates: 48°59′19″N 2°18′02″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
| Canton | Montmorency |
| Intercommunality | CA Plaine Vallée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Nicolas Naudet[1][2] |
Area 1 | 3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[3] | 18,008 |
| • Density | 4,520/km2 (11,700/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. | |
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.
Population
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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 station on the SNCF Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line.
Notable people
- Aristide Briand (1862–1932), statesman
- Ida Presti (1924–1967), classical guitarist and composer
- Georges Delerue (1925–1992), composer
- Alexandre Lagoya (1929–1999), classical guitarist
- Christian Noyer (b. 1950), economist
- Yann LeCun (b. 1960), French-American artificial intelligence researcher
- Emmanuel Renaut (b. 1968), chef (born in Soisy)
- Christophe Agnolutto (b. 1969), professional road bicycle racer (born in Soisy)
- Louis Saha (b. 1978), professional footballer (FC Soisy-Andilly-Margency)
- Ludwig Briand (b. 1981), actor (born in Soisy)
- Adrian Mannarino (b. 1988), professional tennis player (born in Soisy)
- Soilhyo Mété (b. 1988), Ivorian professional footballer
- Roxane Fournier (b. 1991), racing cyclist (born in Soisy)
- Thibault Rossard (b. 1993), volleyball player (born in Soisy)
- Alan Virginius (b. 2003) professional footballer (born in Soisy)
Gallery
Map of Soisy about 1780 (Dominique, comte de Cassini)
Town hall
Hippodrome d'Enghien-Soisy (2005)
Church Saint-Germain and the Parc du Val-Ombreux
