Aisne
Arrondissement of Soissons
Canton of Soissons-1

Soissons

Soissons is a commune in the northern French department of , in the region of . Located on the river , about 100 kilometres northeast of , it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones.
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  • Type: Town with 28,700 residents
  • Description: commune in Aisne, France
  • Postal codes: 02200 and 02200

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hôtel de ville de Soissons and Musée de Soissons.

Town hall
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is a town hall.

Museum
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is a museum.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vauxrezis and Tartiers.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in northern . is situated 4½ km northwest of Soissons.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in northern . is situated 8 km northwest of Soissons.

Soissons

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
United Nations Location Code
FR SOI
Open location code
8FX598MH+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 416911804
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2974389
Wiki­data ID
Q167152
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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”
  • Bulgarian: “Суасон”
  • Cajun French: “Soissons”
  • Catalan: “Soissons”
  • Cebuano: “Soissons”
  • Chechen: “Суассон”
  • Chinese: “Soissons”
  • Chinese: “索松”
  • Chinese: “苏瓦松”
  • Chinese: “蘇瓦松”
  • Corsican: “Soissons”
  • Croatian: “Soissons”
  • Czech: “Soissons”
  • Danish: “Soissons”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Soissons”
  • Dutch: “Augusta Suessionum”
  • Dutch: “Soissons (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Soissons”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سواسون”
  • Esperanto: “Soissons”
  • Estonian: “Soissons”
  • Faroese: “Soissons”
  • Finnish: “Soissons”
  • French: “Cité du Vase”
  • French: “Soissons”
  • Friulian: “Soissons”
  • Galician: “Soissons”
  • Georgian: “სუასონი”
  • German: “Augusta Suessionum”
  • German: “Soissons”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌿𐌴𐍃𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍃”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌿𐌴𐍃𐍉𐌽𐌴 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌿𐌴𐍃𐍉𐌽𐌴”
  • Greek: “Σουασόν”
  • Hebrew: “סואסון”
  • Hungarian: “Soissons”
  • Icelandic: “Soissons”
  • Ido: “Soissons”
  • Indonesian: “Soissons”
  • Interlingua: “Soissons”
  • Interlingue: “Soissons”
  • Irish: “Soissons”
  • Italian: “Augusta Suessionum”
  • Italian: “Soissons”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Soissons”
  • Japanese: “ソワソン”
  • Japanese: “ソワッソン”
  • 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: “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”
  • Narom: “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”
  • Persian: “سواسون”
  • 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: “Soason”
  • 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: “Суасон”
  • 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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