Soisy-sous-Montmorency (, literally Soisy under Montmorency) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise département located 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.

Soisy-sous-Montmorency

Population

Sport

Racecourse: Hippodrome d'Enghien-Soisy

Sports stadium: Stade Albert Schweitzer home of the FC Soisy-Andilly-Margency.

Soisy-sous-Montmorency

Transport

Soisy-sous-Montmorency is served by Champ de courses d'Enghien station on the SNCF Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line.

Soisy-sous-Montmorency

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) 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

External links

Official website

Communes of Val-d'Oise