| Soissons | ||
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| State | France | |
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| Region | Picardy | |
| Altitude | 38-130 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 12.32 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 28.530 (2017) | |
| POSTAL CODE | 02200 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Soissons is a city of Picardy.
To know
Soissons is also known for its beans.
Background
The city, called by the Romans Augusta Suessionum, has an eventful history behind it. In 57 BC it was conquered by Caesar. After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, it was the capital of Kingdom of Soissons until 486, but it fell into the hands of the Franks that year. The Merovingians made it the capital of Duchy of Franconia. After the division of the duchy, Soissons was the capital of Neustria under Clotaire I from 511. In the Middle Ages, several synods took place in Soisson. The city was destroyed during the Hundred Years War and it was also destroyed in the war of 1870/71 and in the First World War.
The Roman Catholic diocese of Soissons-Laon-Saint Quentin dates back to the early 4th century.
How to orient yourself
Soissons: full screen map.How to get
By plane
- 1 Paris Charles de Gaulle airport (Aéroport de Paris Charles de Gaulle (IATA: CDG)) (76 km from the city).
By car
Soissons is located at the intersection of several French national roads. The largely four-lane, non-intersecting RN 2 connects the city via Villers-Cotterets with Paris (Porte de la Villette) e Laon, where it meets the Autoroute A 26 (Calais - Troyes), the RN 31 (Europastraße 46) with Rouen, Beauvais is Compiègne to the west and Reims to the east, where it meets the A 4 motorway, which connects Strasbourg is Saarbrücken. The departmental road D 1 leads from Saint-Quentin (with connection to Highway 26) via Soissons to Château-Thierry (with connection to Highway A 4) and then towards Troyes.
Soissons is connected to the river system of the Seine through the navigable (canalized) rivers Aisne and Oise, through the Latin Canal to the Aisne and the Ardennes Canal also to the Meuse and through the Aisne Canal to the Marne and further on the canal system French with Rhine and Rhone.
On the train
- 2 Soissons station (Gare de Soissons). Served by TER Picardie (Paris - Laon), is on the connecting line La Plaine to Hirson is Anor (Belgian border).
How to get around
The city can easily be explored on foot.
What see
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1 Cathedral of Saints Gervasio and Protasio (Cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais), 23 Rue des Déportés et Fusillés, ☎ 33 3 23 53 10 36. 
Mon-Sun 9: 30-12: 00 and 14: 30-17: 00. The Gothic cathedral was built in the 12th century and was completed in the 14th century. The portal jewels were destroyed in the Huguenot wars. World War I also caused severe damage. The southern transept is particularly noteworthy.
Mon-Sun 9: 30-12: 00 and 14: 30-17: 00. The Gothic cathedral was built in the 12th century and was completed in the 14th century. The portal jewels were destroyed in the Huguenot wars. World War I also caused severe damage. The southern transept is particularly noteworthy.
- 2 Abbey of San Giovanni delle Vigne, abbaye Saint-Jean-des-Vignes. Mon-Fri 9: 00-17: 00, Sat-Sun 10: 00-17: 00. Important is the double tower facade of the former abbey of Saint-Jean-des Vignes.
- 3 Musée de Soissons (Abbaye Saint-Léger), 2 Rue de la Congrégation, ☎ 33 3 23 55 94 73.
2€. Tue-Fri 9: 00-12: 00 and 14: 00-17: 00, Sat-Sun 14: 00-17: 00. - 4 Abbaye Saint-Médard, 3B Place Saint-Médard. Open a few days a year (see website). The visit to the crypt of the ninth century is interesting.
- 5 Église Saint-Pierre-au-Parvis.
- 6 Hôtel de Barral, 16-20 Grand'Place.
- 7 Soissons Town Hall (Hotel de ville de Soissons).
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