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FieldValue
namePoissy
commune statusCommune
image coat of armsBlason Poissy01.svg
map size270px
adjustable mapPoissy_map.png
map captionLocation (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
coordinates
arrondissementSaint-Germain-en-Laye
cantonPoissy
INSEE78498
postal code78300
mayorSandrine Berno Dos Santos
term2022–2026
intercommunalityCU Grand Paris Seine et Oise
elevation m27
elevation min m17
elevation max m171
area km213.28
population
population date
population footnotes
demonymPisciacais (masculine)
Pisciacaise (feminine)
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Poissy () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 23.8 km from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called Pisciacais in French.

Poissy is one of the oldest royal cities of Île-de-France, birthplace of Louis IX of France and Philip III of France, before being supplanted from the 15th century by Saint-Germain-en-Laye. In 1561, it was the site of a fruitless Catholic–Huguenot conference, the Colloquy of Poissy.

The area is known for hosting the Automobiles Gregoire successively, Matford, Ford SAF, Simca, Chrysler, Talbot factories and now hosts one of France's largest Peugeot factories. The "Simca Poissy engine" was made there.

Poissy is the 165th most populated city in Metropolitan France.

Location

Poissy is located about 30 kilometres west of Paris, in the north-eastern part of the Yvelines, 8 kilometres west of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and 23 kilometres north-west of Versailles, the departmental prefecture.

The city is limited to the east by the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and to the west by the Seine.

History

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The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1937.

Demographics

| align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017) | graph-pos = bottom |1793 |2807 |1800 |2437 |1806 |2500 |1821 |2643 |1831 |2850 |1836 |2880 |1841 |3925 |1846 |4261 |1851 |4300 |1856 |4951 |1861 |5101 |1866 |4973 |1872 |5047 |1876 |5063 |1881 |5600 |1886 |6403 |1891 |6432 |1896 |6981 |1901 |7406 |1906 |7959 |1911 |8709 |1921 |10135 |1926 |11298 |1931 |12386 |1936 |12502 |1946 |13375 |1954 |15046 |1962 |28548 |1968 |33613 |1975 |37497 |1982 |36389 |1990 |36745 |1999 |35841 |2007 |37109 |2012 |37597 |2017 |37388

Transport

Poissy is served by Poissy station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Economy

Main companies

Technoparc

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Technoparc is a Business Park created in 1990, with the intention to facilitate the economic diversification of the city. It occupies about 66 acres on the northeast of Stellantis plant, bordering the neighbouring commune Achères. The Park welcomes 150 companies employing a total of 2,000 employees. It also hosts The Charles-de-Gaulle High School and The Training Centre for the Employees in Pharmacy (ACPPAV) gathering 1,500 high school students and students. Two business incubator, a heliport, the Chamber of Commerce of Yvelines-Val d'Oise, two hotels, a sports centre and a municipal technical centre are also located there.

Highlights

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Culture

Museums

  • Musée du jouet, shows 800 games and toys dating between 1850 and 1950.
  • Musée d'art et d'histoire.

Cultural facilities

  • La salle Molière (theater);
  • Cinema;
  • Library Christine de Pizan;
  • Library André-Malraux.

Poissy in film

Education

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Poissy has ten public preschools, ten public elementary schools, two junior high schools, two senior high schools, a combined junior-senior high school, along with a private preschool and elementary school.

Public secondary schools:

Private elementary schools:

Hospital

International Relation

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

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Poissy is twinned with:

People

Sport

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  • Skatepark
  • The golf of Béthemont
  • Stadium Léo-Lagrange, built in 1945
  • Swimming pool des Migneaux and swimming pool Saint-Exupéry
  • AS Poissy

References

References

  1. (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
  2. {{Base Mérimée. PA78000002
  3. {{Cassini-Ehess. 27354. Poissy
  4. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-78498#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE.
  5. [http://www.noyaudepoissy.com/ Noyau de Poissy website] {{in lang. fr
  6. "French Blood (2015) - IMDb".
  7. "[http://www.ville-poissy.fr/index.php/mairie/des-services-pour-tous/a-tout-age/enfance-et-education/les-etablissements-scolaires.html Les établissements scolaires ]." Poissy. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
  8. "Ali Marhyar".

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