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 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
Area 1	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	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.

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.

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% 2023 18,008 −0.14% Source: INSEE

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

See also

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

References

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

External links

• Official website (in French)