Poissy

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Poissy

Total population

40,016

Elevation17 m

Land area13.28 km²

Coordinates48.93°, 2.04°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Poissy 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.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Antonio Gallego

French visual artist

Georges Lemaire

French sculptor (1853–1914)

Jean Bidot

French bicycle racer (1905-1986)

Jean Compagnon

French officer and Général de corps d'armée (1916–2010)

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Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp

French Catholic bishop and diplomat (1905–1983)

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Jean de Maillard

French magistrate

José Artur

French actor, radio host and radio producer (1927-2015)

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Julie Durand

French actress

Julie Morel

French association football player

Jérémie Duvall

French actor

Karl Olive

French politician

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Lannick Gautry

French actor

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Laurent Bricault

French archaeologist and historian of religion

Laurent Lafon

French politician

Laurent Olmedo

French actor

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Alain Yaouanc

French crime writer (1931–2019)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Île-de-France

• Carrières-sous-Poissy
  1.2 mi away · pop. 18,316
• Aigremont
  1.9 mi away · pop. 1,083
• Villennes-sur-Seine
  2.2 mi away · pop. 5,628
• Carrières-sous-Bois
  3.3 mi away
• Orgeval
  3.4 mi away · pop. 6,948
• Triel-sur-Seine
  4.1 mi away · pop. 12,388
• Le Port-Marly
  4.4 mi away · pop. 5,608
• Morainvilliers
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,082
• Maurecourt
  4.9 mi away · pop. 4,355
• Feucherolles
  5 mi away · pop. 3,020
• Vincourt
  5.8 mi away · pop. 97
• Bougival
  6.1 mi away · pop. 9,031

Browse all places in Île-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Poissy

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier · 1938

Le roi, la cour, l'état

Nicolas Le Roux · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-17

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-17

European magpie

Pica pica pica

Seen 2026-09-17

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-17

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-09-17

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-09-17

Black-palped Jumping Spider

Pseudeuophrys erratica

Seen 2026-09-17

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-09-17

European Honey-buzzard

Pernis apivorus

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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