Soisy-sous-Montmorency

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs

(2020–2026) Luc Stréhaiano^[1]Area3.98 km² (1.54 sq mi)Population18,008 • Density4,500/km² (12,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code¹ 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] ^ⓘ, 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	14,552	—
1975	16,260	+1.60%
1982	15,894	−0.32%
1990	16,597	+0.54%
1999	16,802	+0.14%
2007	17,419	+0.45%
2012	17,534	+0.13%
2017	18,155	+0.70%
Source: INSEE[3]

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), 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)
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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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