Bondy
Bondy | |
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 The commercial zone of Bondy on the N3 road | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Paris and inner ring départements | |
Location of Bondy  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny |
| Canton | Bondy |
| Intercommunality | Est Ensemble |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Sylvine Thomassin |
| Area 1 | 5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | 52,865 |
| • Density | 9,700/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 93010 /93140 |
| Elevation | 37–65 m (121–213 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bondy (French pronunciation: [bɔ̃.di]) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.9 km (6.8 mi) from the centre of Paris.
Name
The name Bondy was recorded for the first time around AD 600 as Bonitiacum, meaning "estate of Bonitius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
History
During the Middle Ages Bondy was primarily forest. The forest of Bondy was a well-known haunt of bandits and robbers and was extremely dangerous.
On 3 January 1905, a third of the territory of Bondy was detached and became the commune of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois.
On 30 October 2007, a gas explosion killed one person and injured 47 people.
Bondy and its integration into Paris is the subject of part of the second-last chapter of Graham Robb's book Parisians.
Personalities
- Frederic Bakekolo, handball player
- Élodie Fontan, actress
- Serge Gakpe, footballer
- Mohamed Hamidi
- Max Hilaire, footballer
- Muriel Hurtis, track and field, athlete
- Steeven Joseph-Monrose, footballer
- Kevin Lafrance, footballer
- David Larose, judoka
- André Malraux, spent much of his childhood in Bondy
- Sylvain Meslien, footballer
- Guy Moussi, footballer
- Michael Nicoise, footballer
- Maureen Nisima, fencer
- Birthplace of Claude-Carloman de Rulhière (1735–1791), poet and historian.
- Lalya Sidibe, basketball player
- Doriane Tahane, basketball player
- Audrey Tcheumeo, judoka
- Teddy Tinmar, athlete
- Bakaye Traoré, footballer
- Fodie Traore, footballer
- Jimmy Vicaut, athlete
- Thierry Zig, basketball player
- Elisa Doughty, singer, actress, model
- David Bondy, cartographer
Demographics
Immigration
| Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.2% | 27.8% | |||
| Born in overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
| 3.6% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 18.1% | |
| 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics. 2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. | ||||
Administration
Bondy is part of the canton of Bondy, created in 2015.
Transport
Bondy is served by Bondy station on Paris RER line E and the Line 4 (T4) of the Tramways in Île-de-France.
Education
As of 2016[update] the commune had 27 public primary schools with 6,900 students. There are also five public junior high schools and three public senior high schools.[1]
- 13 public preschools[2]
- 14 public elementary schools[3]
- Junior high schools: Pierre Brossolette, Henri Sellier, Jean Zay, Jean Renoir, Pierre Curie[4]
- Senior high schools: Lycée Léo-Lagrange, Lycée Marcel-Pagnol, Lycée Jean-Renoir[5]
There is a private elementary through high school, Institut privé de l'Assomption.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Vie scolaire." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Les écoles maternelles." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Les écoles élémentaires." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "60 millions d’euros pour les collèges." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Les lycées." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
External links
- Town council website (in French)
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