Soisy-sous-Montmorency

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

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

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)