Soissons
Soissons is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about 100 kilometres northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones.
- Type: Town with 28,700 residents
- Description: commune in Aisne, France
- Also known as: “Cité du Vase”, “Soason”, “Soissons (stad)”, “ソワッソン”, and “𐍃𐌿𐌴𐍃𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍃”
- Postal code: 02200
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hôtel de Ville, Soissons and Saint-Léger Abbey in Soissons.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vauxrezis and Tartiers.
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Soissons
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Canton of Soissons-1, Arrondissement of Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.38376° or 49° 23′ 2″ north
Longitude
3.32761° or 3° 19′ 39″ east
Population
28,700
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
IATA airport code
XSS
UN/LOCODE
FR SOI
Open location code
8FX598MH+G2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Soissons” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Soissons”
- Albanian: “Soissons”
- Arabic: “سواسون”
- Aragonese: “Soissons”
- Armenian: “Սուասոն”
- Arpitan: “Soissons”
- Asturian: “Soissons”
- Bambara: “Soissons”
- Basque: “Soissons”
- Bavarian: “Soissons”
- Belarusian: “Суасон”
- Breton: “Soissons”
- Buginese: “Soissons”
- Bulgarian: “Соасон”
- Cajun French: “Soissons”
- Catalan: “Soissons”
- Cebuano: “Soissons”
- Chechen: “Суассон”
- Chinese: “苏瓦松”
- Chinese: “蘇瓦松”
- Corsican: “Soissons”
- Croatian: “Soissons”
- Czech: “Soissons”
- Danish: “Soissons”
- Dimli (individual language): “Soissons”
- Dutch: “Soissons”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سواسون”
- Esperanto: “Soissons”
- Estonian: “Soissons”
- Faroese: “Soissons”
- Finnish: “Soissons”
- French: “Soissons”
- Friulian: “Soissons”
- Galician: “Soissons”
- Georgian: “სუასონი”
- German: “Soissons”
- Gothic: “𐍃𐌿𐌴𐍃𐍉𐌽𐌴 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃”
- Gothic: “𐍃𐌿𐌴𐍃𐍉𐌽𐌴”
- Greek: “Σουασόν”
- Hebrew: “סואסון”
- Hungarian: “Soissons”
- Icelandic: “Soissons”
- Ido: “Soissons”
- Indonesian: “Soissons”
- Interlingua: “Soissons”
- Interlingue: “Soissons”
- Irish: “Soissons”
- Italian: “Soissons”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Soissons”
- Japanese: “ソワソン”
- Jèrriais: “Soissons”
- Kabyle: “Soissons”
- Kalaallisut: “Soissons”
- Kongo: “Soissons”
- Korean: “수아송”
- Kurdish: “Soissons”
- Ladin: “Soissons”
- Latin: “Augusta Suessionum”
- Latin: “Suessonae”
- Latin: “Suessones”
- Latvian: “Suasona”
- Ligurian: “Soissons”
- Limburgan: “Soissons”
- Lithuanian: “Suasonas”
- Lombard: “Soissons”
- Low German: “Soissons”
- Luxembourgish: “Soissons”
- Macedonian: “Соасон”
- Mainfränkisch: “Soissons”
- Malagasy: “Soissons”
- Malay: “Soissons”
- Mazanderani: “سوآسون”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Soissons”
- Minangkabau: “Soissons”
- Neapolitan: “Soissons”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Soissons”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soissons”
- Norwegian: “Soissons”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Seissons”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Soissons”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Scesscuns”
- Pampanga: “Soissons”
- Papiamento: “Soissons”
- Persian: “سوآسون”
- Picard: “Soissons”
- Piemontese: “Soissons”
- Polish: “Soissons”
- Portuguese: “Soissons”
- Prussian: “Soissons”
- Romagnol: “Soissons”
- Romanian: “Soissons”
- Romansh: “Soissons”
- Russian: “Суасон”
- Russian: “Суассон”
- Sardinian: “Soissons”
- Scots: “Soissons”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Soissons”
- Serbian: “Soissons”
- Serbian: “Соасон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Soissons”
- Sicilian: “Soissons”
- Slovak: “Soissons”
- Slovenian: “Soissons”
- South Azerbaijani: “سوآسون”
- Spanish: “Soissons”
- Swahili: “Soissons”
- Swedish: “Soissons”
- Swiss German: “Soissons”
- Tatar: “Суассон”
- Turkish: “Soissons”
- Ukrainian: “Суассон”
- Urdu: “سواسون”
- Uzbek: “Soissons”
- Venetian: “Soissons”
- Vietnamese: “Soissons”
- Vlaams: “Soissons”
- Volapük: “Soissons”
- Walloon: “Soissons”
- Waray (Philippines): “Soissons”
- Welsh: “Soissons”
- Western Frisian: “Soissons”
- Wolof: “Soissons”
- Wu Chinese: “苏瓦松”
- Yue Chinese: “索松”
- Zeeuws: “Soissons”
- Zulu: “Soissons”
- “Soissons”
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Places to explore: Villeneuve-Saint-Germain and Cuffies.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ruines de l’Abbaye Notre-Dame and Bibliothèque municipale.
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