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Encyclopedia > Bondy
Commune of Bondy
Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates 48°54′08″N, 2°28′58″E
Administration
Country Flag of France France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Bobigny
Canton Chief town of 2 cantons
Intercommunality none as of 2005
Statistics
Land area¹ 5.47 km²
Population²
(Jan. 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census)

54,000
46,826
 - Density (2005) 9,872/km²
Miscellaneous
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Bondy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.9 km. (6.8 miles) from the center of Paris. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capital Paris Land area¹ 12,011 km² Regional President Jean-Paul Huchon (PS) (since 1998) Population  - Jan. ... Departments (French: IPA: ) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Seine-Saint-Denis is a French département located in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. ... The arrondissement of Bobigny is an arrondissement of the Seine-Saint-Denis département, in the ÃŽle-de-France région of France. ... The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ... The commune is an administrative division of France. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Rio de la Plata estuary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Estuaries An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. ... This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as and . ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Kilometre Zero of French national highways, located in Paris on the square facing the main entrance of Notre Dame cathedral, and considered the official center of the city of Paris. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

Contents

Name

The name Bondy was recorded for the first time around AD 600 as Bonitiacum, meaning "estate of Bonitius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. The population of the Earth rises to about 208 million people. ... This article covers the culture of Romanized areas of Gaul. ...


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. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...


On January 3, 1905, a third of the territory of Bondy was detached and became the commune of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Les Pavillons-sous-Bois is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. ...


Notable Residents

Muriel Hurtis is a French athlete born on March 25, 1979 at Bondy, France. ... A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ...

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of Bondy's residents in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside of 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%
¹This group is made up in large part of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, then also of former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for native elites in the French colonies), and in a smaller measure of foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, at which time Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country by French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country and who did not have French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant by French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with a foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Metropolitan France Metropolitan France (French: or la Métropole) is the part of France located in Europe, including Corsica (French: Corse). ... French overseas departments and territories The French Overseas Departments and Territories (French: départements doutre-mer and territoires doutre-mer or DOM-TOM) consist broadly of French-administered territories outside of Europe. ... Pied-noir (plural: pieds-noirs) is a term for the former population of European descent of North Africa, especially Algeria. ... A map showing Northwest Africa Northwest Africa is the northwestern part of Africa. ...

Administration

Bondy is divided into two cantons: The canton is an administrative division of France. ...

  • 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. People running to get in the RER Station Magenta on the RER E The RER E is one of the five lines in the RER subway system serving Paris, France. ... Transilien Paris – Est is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. ...


Miscellaneous

Bondy was the birthplace of Claude-Carloman de Rulhière (1735-1791), poet and historian. Claude-Carloman de Rulhière (or Rulhières) (June 12, 1735 - January 30, 1791), was a French poet and historian. ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


External link

  • Town council website (in French)

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