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Commune of Poissy |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
| Coordinates | 48°55′46″N 02°02′44″E / 48.92944°N 2.04556°E |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Canton | Chie |
| Mayor | Frédérik Bernard (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 17–171 m (56–560 ft) (avg. 27 m/89 ft) |
| Land area1 | 13.28 km2 (5.13 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 36,230 (2006) |
| - Density | 2,728 /km2 (7,070 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 78498/ 78300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Poissy is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris23.8 km (14.8 mi). (14.8 miles) from the center.
In 1561 it was the site of a fruitless Catholic-Huguenot conference, the Colloquy at Poissy. It is known for hosting successively Automobiles Gregoire, Matford, Ford SAF, Simca, Chrysler, Talbot factories, now one of France's largest Peugeot factories. Inhabitants are called Pisciacais.
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Transport
Poissy is served by Poissy station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
Highlights
- Villa Savoye, considered by many to be the seminal work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier.
- The "Noyau de Poissy" is a liquor based on macerated or distilled apricot pits, a local tradition since early 18th century.[1]
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.
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in France
Twin towns — Sister cities
Poissy is twinned with:
Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, since 1964.
Movies
- La Porteuse de pain (1963) ;
- La Demoiselle d'Avignon (1972) ;
- La Tribu (1990)
- Les Grands Ducs (1996) ;
- Le Ciel, les oiseaux et... ta mère ! (1998)
- Le Cerveau
- From Paris with Love (2009)
People
- Saint Louis (1214-1270), king of France
- Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier(1815-1891), painter, sculptor and mayor of Poissy
- Félix Févola (1882-1953), sculptor
- Catherine Lara, singer born in 1945
- Houssine Kharja, Moroccan football player born in 1982
- Benjamin Franklin resided in Poissy for a time while Envoy to France during the American Revolutionary War.
Sport
- The golf of Béthemont
- Stadium Léo-Lagrange, built in 1945
- Swimming pool des Migneaux and swimming pool Saint-Exupéry
See also
References
- ^ Noyau de Poissy website (French)
External links
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- Poissy website (in French)
- Collegiale de Poissy The birth city of Saint Louis
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