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Commune of Bondy |
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 Commercial strip in Bondy. |
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| Paris and inner ring départements | |
| Coordinates | 48°54′08″N 2°28′58″E / 48.90222°N 2.48278°E |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
| Statistics | |
| Land area1 | 5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 53,600 (2005 [1]) |
| - Density | 9,799 /km2 (25,380 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 93010/ 93140 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bondy is a commune in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.9 km (6.8 mi). (6.8 miles) from the center of Paris.
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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 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.
Heraldry
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the arms of Bondy are blazoned : |
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| motto: Heureux sous son ombre (happy in its shade) | ||
Notable people from Bondy
- Muriel Hurtis, athlete
- Guy Moussi, midfielder for English football team Nottingham Forest F.C.
- Birthplace of Claude-Carloman de Rulhière (1735-1791), poet and historian.
- André Malraux spent much of his childhood in Bondy.
Demographics
Immigration
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Administration
Bondy is divided into two cantons:
- The canton of Bondy-Nord-Ouest (North-West) account 24,953 inhabitants (53.3%);
- The canton of Bondy-Sud-Est (South-East) account 21,873 inhabitants (46.7%).
Transport
Bondy is served by Bondy station on Paris RER line E and on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line.
Miscellaneous
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Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (April 2009) |
The High school of Jean Renoir permit students to join Science po.
References
- ^ 2005 estimate, 46,826 at the 1999 census
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bondy |
- Town council website (in French)
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