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{{distinguish|Passy|Roissy}}
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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Poissy
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = 
|caption            = 
|image coat of arms = Blason Poissy01.svg
|map size           = 270px
|adjustable map     = Poissy_map.png
|map caption        = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
|coordinates        = {{coord|48.9294|2.0456|format=dms|type:city(38,000)_region:FR-IDF|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement     = Saint-Germain-en-Laye
|canton             = Poissy
|INSEE              = 78498
|postal code        = 78300
|mayor              = Sandrine Berno Dos Santos<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2022&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise|CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise]]
|elevation m        = 27
|elevation min m    = 17
|elevation max m    = 171
|area km2           = 13.28
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|demonym=''Pisciacais'' (masculine)<br>''Pisciacaise'' (feminine)}}

'''Poissy''' ({{IPA|fr|pwasi|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Exilexi-Poissy.wav}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Yvelines]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Île-de-France]] region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, {{convert|23.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the [[Kilometre Zero|centre of Paris]]. Inhabitants are called ''Pisciacais'' in French.

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 Church|Catholic]]–[[Huguenots|Huguenot]] conference, the [[Colloquy of Poissy]].

The area is known for hosting the [[Automobiles Gregoire]] successively, [[Matford]], [[Ford SAF]], [[Simca]], [[Chrysler]], [[Talbot (automobile)|Talbot]] factories and now hosts one of France's largest [[Peugeot]] factories. The "[[Simca Poissy engine]]" was made there.

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

==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, Yvelines|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==
[[File:Hôtel Ville - Poissy (FR78) - 2025-07-12 - 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Poissy|Hôtel de Ville]]]]
The [[Hôtel de Ville, Poissy|Hôtel de Ville]] was completed in 1937.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA78000002}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|27354|Poissy}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-78498#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE.</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2807
|1800 |2437
|1806 |2500
|1821 |2643
|1831 |2850
|1836 |2880
|1841 |3925
|1846 |4261
|1851 |4300
|1856 |4951
|1861 |5101
|1866 |4973
|1872 |5047
|1876 |5063
|1881 |5600
|1886 |6403
|1891 |6432
|1896 |6981
|1901 |7406
|1906 |7959
|1911 |8709
|1921 |10135
|1926 |11298
|1931 |12386
|1936 |12502
|1946 |13375
|1954 |15046
|1962 |28548
|1968 |33613
|1975 |37497
|1982 |36389
|1990 |36745
|1999 |35841
|2007 |37109
|2012 |37597
|2017 |37388
}}

==Transport==
Poissy is served by [[Poissy station]] on Paris [[RER A|RER line A]] and on the [[Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare]] suburban rail line.

==Economy==

===Main companies===

* Automobile:
** [[Stellantis Poissy Plant|Stellantis France]]
** [[Wagon Automotive]] (équipementier automobile)
** [[Mahle GmbH|Mahle Aftermarket]]
** [[Faurecia]]
**[[Siemens]] VDO Automotive
* [[Rochas]] ([[Procter & Gamble]]) now [[Fareva]]
*[[Environnement SA]]
* Transport and logistics:
**[[GEFCO]]
**[[Elidis]]
**[[KDI Promet]]
**[[Trapil]]
*[[Wattelez]]
*[[Groupe Casino|Casino cafétéria]]
*[[Groupe Derichebourg]],
[[File:Poissy - PSA Pôle tertiaire.jpg|thumb|right|PSA Peugeot-Citroën]]

===Technoparc===
[[File:PEIKER.acustic.France.wiki.jpg|thumb|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 Poissy Plant|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.

==Highlights==
[[File:Dimanche à Poissy.png|thumb|''Dimanche à Poissy'' by Meissonier, 1851]] 
* [[Villa Savoye]], considered by many to be the seminal work of the [[Switzerland|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.<ref>[http://www.noyaudepoissy.com/ Noyau de Poissy website] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Culture==

===Museums===
*  ''[[Musée du jouet (Poissy)|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===
* ''[[The Bread Peddler (1963 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 (film)|From Paris with Love]]'' (2009) ;
* ''[[Turk's Head]]'' (2010) ;
*''[[Serial Teachers]]'' (2013) ;
* ''[[Le Mystère des jonquilles]]'' (2014) ;
* ''[[French Blood]]'' (2015);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4168502/locations?ref_=tt_ql_dt_6|title = French Blood (2015) - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
* ''[[Dheepan]]'' (2015) ;

==Education==
[[File:Collège Jean Jaurès (Poissy).jpg|thumb|Collège Jean Jaurès]]

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.<ref>"[http://www.ville-poissy.fr/index.php/mairie/des-services-pour-tous/a-tout-age/enfance-et-education/les-etablissements-scolaires.html Les établissements scolaires ]." Poissy. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.</ref>

Public secondary schools:
* Collège les Grands-Champs
** SEGPA les Grands-Champs
* Collège [[Jean Jaurès]]
* [[Lycée Adrienne Bolland]]
* [[Lycée Charles de Gaulle (Poissy)|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==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
[[File:Plaque Boulevard de Pirmasens (Poissy).JPG|thumb|Boulevard de Pirmasens in Poissy]]

Poissy is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
*{{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Pirmasens]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]], since 1964

==People==
* [[Louis IX of France|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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ali Marhyar |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Ali-Marhyar |website=[[Première (magazine)|Première]] |language=fr |access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref>
* [[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 [[United States Ambassador to France|envoy to France]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]
* [[Jérôme Phojo]], footballer
* [[Fabien Raddas]], footballer
* [[Yohann Sangare]], basketball player

==Sport==
[[File:Stade Léo Lagrange de Poissy 3.JPG|thumb|Stadium ''Léo-Lagrange'']]
* 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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Poissy}}
* [http://www.ville-poissy.fr/ Poissy website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.montjoye.net/collegiale_de_poissy_saint_louis Collegiale de Poissy]—''the birth city of Saint Louis''

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