Bondy () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of

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. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department.

Name

The name Bondy was recorded for the first time around AD 600 as ''Bonitiacum'', meaning "estate of Bonitius", a

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landowner.

History

During the

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, Bondy was mostly forest, and the forest of Bondy was a well-known haunt of bandits and robbers and was considered extremely dangerous. On 3 January 1905, a third of the territory of Bondy was detached and became the commune of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois. The current Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1970. On 30 October 2007, a gas explosion killed one person and injured 46 people. Bondy and its integration into Paris is the subject of part of the second-last chapter of Graham Robb's book '' Parisians''.

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

the commune had 27 state-funded primary schools, with 6,900 students. There were also three publicly funded lycées, or senior high schools, and five junior high schools. * There are 13 ''écoles maternelles'', or preschools, and 14 publicly funded elementary schools * The junior high schools are named after: Pierre Brossolette, Henri Sellier, Jean Zay, Jean Renoir, and Pierre Curie60 millions d’euros pour les collèges
." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016. * There are three state-funded high schools: Lycée Léo-Lagrange, Lycée Marcel-Pagnol, and Lycée Jean-Renoir.Les lycées
." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016. Bondy also has a private Roman Catholic high school, Institut privé de l'Assomption, which has its own elementary school.

Population growth

The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Bondy proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Bondy ceded the commune of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois in 1906.

Immigration

Notable people

* Sylvie Bouchet Bellecourt, politician * Élodie Fontan, actress * Serge Gakpe, footballer * Max Hilaire, footballer * Muriel Hurtis,

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, athlete * Jonathan Ikone, footballer * Steeven Joseph-Monrose, footballer * Kevin Lafrance, footballer * David Larose, judoka * Lartiste, singer * André Malraux, novelist, art theorist and minister of cultural affairs * Kylian Mbappé, footballer and currently the captain of the

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* Sylvain Meslien, footballer * Randal Kolo Muani, footballer * Guy Moussi, footballer * Michael Nicoise, footballer * Maureen Nisima, fencer * Claude-Carloman de Rulhière, poet and historian * Wiliam Saliba, footballer * Lalya Sidibe, basketball player * Alpha Sissoko, footballer * Doriane Tahane, basketball player * Audrey Tcheumeo, judoka * Teddy Tinmar, athlete * Karidja Touré, actress * Bakaye Traoré, footballer * Fodie Traoré, footballer * Jimmy Vicaut, athlete * Thierry Zig, basketball player * Tiakola, rapper

References

External links

Town council website
{{Authority control Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis