Nom : Soissons

Région : Picardy

Département : Aisne (02)

Communauté d'Agglomération du Soissonnais : (Soissonnais Agglomeration Community ): Soissons is the most important city of the CAS.It includes 28 communes.

Prefecture : Laon

Surface: commune of 12.32 km2 crossed by the Aisne river.The surrounding area is called the “Soissonnais”

Population : 30,000 inhabitants inner Soissons (INSEE census dated 1999) and 50,000 inhabitants in its agglomeration. It is the second city in the Aisne subdivision.

Geographical location: at 45-mn drive from Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, at 1h30 drive from Paris and at 45-mn drive from Reims.

Routes:
From Paris, two ways to get there:
- by N2 (main road)
- by A4 (motorway)
A TER (an express regional train) connects Soissons to Gare du Nord in 1h20mn.
Reims will be soon served by the TGV-Est.