Poissy (French: [pwasi] ) 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 (14.8 mi) from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called Pisciacais in French. With about 41,000 inhabitants, Poissy is the 5th most populated commune in Yvelines.
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 was known for the early car maker Automobiles Gregoire, and since then a number of companies including Simca and Peugeot, have produced vehicles at the Poissy Plant. From 1961 until 1991 the Simca Poissy engine was made there.
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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
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1937.
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:
Stellantis France
Wagon Automotive (équipementier automobile)
Mahle Aftermarket
Faurecia
Siemens VDO Automotive
Rochas (Procter & Gamble) now Fareva
Environnement SA
Transport and logistics:
GEFCO (until 2014
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 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. Since 2024, the house and set of the reality competition Secret Story are located in the Technoparc.
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.
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 Relation
Poissy is twinned with:
Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, since 1964
People
Saint Louis (1214–1270), king of France
Ibrahim Diaw, handball player
Florent Groberg, U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
Matteo Guendouzi footballer
Christophe Jaffrelot, political scientist and indologist
Houssine Kharja, Moroccan football player born in 1982
Catherine Lara, singer born in 1945
Guillaume Lasceux (1740–1831), composer and organist
Olivier Lombard, racing driver
Ali Marhyar (born 1984), actor, film director and screenwriter
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891), painter, sculptor and mayor of Poissy
Alexandre Müller (born 1997), tennis player
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
Carla Leite, basketball player
Sport
Skatepark
The golf of Béthemont
Stadium Léo-Lagrange, built in 1945
Swimming pool des Migneaux and swimming pool Saint-Exupéry
AS Poissy