Soisy-sur-École

Soisy-sur-École is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is 44 kilometres (27 mi) southeast of Paris. Inhabitants of Soisy-sur-École are known as Soiséens.

Soisy-sur-École
Commune
The town hall in Soisy-sur-École
Coat of arms
Location of Soisy-sur-École
Soisy-sur-École
Soisy-sur-École
Coordinates: 48°28′29″N 2°29′50″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementÉvry
CantonMennecy
IntercommunalityVallée de l'École
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Henri Boulat
Area
1
11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,269
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91599 /91840
Elevation48–144 m (157–472 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Origin of village name

Known under the name of Sosio between 1108–1120, from Sosiaco around 1140, and Soisiacum around 1350. The place was called Soisiacum juxta scolam in 1118. The commune was created in 1793 under the name of Soisy sur Ecolle. The name was introduced in the law bulletin in 1801.

Architectural heritage
  • Soisy-sur-École streets are narrow, sinuous and surrounded by stoneware houses.
  • Soisy-sur-École is surrounded with small farms. Montaquoi is located on a mound. It is a little hamlet within the village. It is basically a huge farm and house closed to it. It is a place out of time and appreciated by television producers who chose it as a background.
  • Saint Aignan church is dated from 10th century. It was refurbished in the 1980. Its stained glass window with warm colors give a spiritual and warm feeling to its visitors.
  • The glassmaking art is culturally attractive place from Soisy-sur-École. Glassworker masters and other glassblower make high quality products.
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gollark: In that the power draw causes environment, which is of course bad, and you're limited to something like 3000W per socket here.
gollark: Well, it is, sort of.
gollark: Hold on while I launch nuclear weapons to disable the power grid to save energy.
gollark: It has a backlight, but it's off by default.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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