Poissy

Poissy () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Pisciacais'' in French.

Poissy is one of the oldest royal cities of ÃŽle-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. It 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 here.

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

Location

Poissy is located about 30 kilometers west of Paris, in the northeastern part of the Yvelines, 8 kilometers west of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and 23 kilometers northwest 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.

Population

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

* Automobile:
** PSA Peugeot Citroën
** Wagon Automotive (équipementier automobile)
** Mahle Aftermarket
** Faurecia
** Siemens VDO Automotive
* Rochas (Procter & Gamble) now Fareva
* Environnement SA
* Transport and logistics:
** GEFCO
** Elidis
** KDI Promet
** Trapil
* Wattelez
* Casino cafétéria
* Groupe Derichebourg,

Technoparc

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 PSA Peugeot Citroën factory, 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

* 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.

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

* '' 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) ;
* '' Turk's Head'' (2010) ;
*'' Serial Teachers'' (2013) ;
* '' Le Mystère des jonquilles'' (2014) ;
* '' French Blood'' (2015);
* '' Dheepan'' (2015) ;

Education

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.Les établissements scolaires
" Poissy. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.

Public secondary schools:
* Collège les Grands-Champs
** SEGPA les Grands-Champs
* Collège Jean Jaurès
* Lycée Adrienne Bolland
* Lycée Charles de Gaulle
* Collège et Lycée Le Corbusier

Private elementary schools:
* Institution Notre-Dame preschool and elementary school

Hospital

* Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Poissy-Saint-Germain-en-Laye

International relations

Poissy is twinned with:
* Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, since 1964.

People

* Saint Louis (1214–1270), king of France
* Guillaume Lasceux (1740–1831), composer and organist
* Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891), painter, sculptor and mayor of Poissy
* Ibrahim Diaw, handball player
* Florent Groberg, U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
* Matteo Guendouzi footballer
* 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
* Jérôme Phojo, footballer
* Fabien Raddas, footballer
* Yohann Sangare, basketball player
* Christophe Jaffrelot, political scientist and indologist
* Olivier Lombard, racing driver

Sport

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

See also

* Communes of the Yvelines department

References

External links

Poissy website


Collegiale de Poissy
€”''the birth city of Saint Louis''

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Communes of Yvelines
Cities in ÃŽle-de-France
Yvelines communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia