Carrières-sous-Poissy

Carrières- sous -Poissy is a municipality with 15,453 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Yvelines department in the Île -de -France region of France. The municipality is part of the Arrondissement of Saint- Germain -en- Laye and is part of the canton of Poissy -Nord. The inhabitants are called Carriérois.

Geography

Carrières- sous -Poissy is located on the right bank of the Seine, about nine kilometers northwest of Saint- Germain -en- Laye. In the north it is bounded by Chanteloup -les -Vignes, Andrésy and Achères in the northeast, Poissy the east and south, southwest of Villennes -sur -Seine and stone curlew -sur-Seine in the north- west.

Personalities

  • Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917), writer, lived for a time in Carrière -sous -Poissy
  • Georges Manzana -Pissarro (1871-1961), painter of Impressionism
  • Saturnin Fabre (1884-1961), actor

Attractions

  • Château Champ Fleury and Château Vanderbilt
  • Church of Saint -Joseph
  • City Hall and the five Mairies
  • Bridge from 1162 to Poissy
  • The Ile de la Dérivation in the Seine
  • The Auto Museum Collection de l' Aventure Automobile à Poissy (especially Simca )
Arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye Cantons of France Postal codes in France Saint-Germain-en-Laye Chanteloup-les-Vignes Triel-sur-Seine
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