Soissons (fra)

Soissons

Soissons ranks 3,384th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Częstochowa, Dover, Delaware, and Barrow-in-Furness. Memorable people born in Soissons include Carloman I, Guntram, and Aurore Clément. Memorable people who died in Soissons include Robert I of France, Syagrius, and Aegidius. Soissons has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Soissons is located in France.

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 (62 mi) northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones. Soissons is also the see of an ancient Roman Catholic diocese, whose establishment dates from about 300, and it was the location of a number of church synods called "Council of Soissons". Read more on Wikipedia