Bondy

French commune
nomcommune=Bondy
Commercial strip in Bondy.

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région=Île-de-France
département=Seine-Saint-Denis |arrondissement=Bobigny
canton=Chief town of 2 cantons
insee=93010
cp=93140
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intercomm="none as of 2005"
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km²=5.47
sans=
53,600
46,826
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census
dens=9,799
date-dens=2005

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.

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 January 3, 1905, a third of the territory of Bondy was detached and became the commune of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois.

On October 30, 2007, a gas explosion killed one person and injured 47 people.

Notable people from Bondy

* Muriel Hurtis, athleteGuy Moussi, Nottingham Forest player

Demographics

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=Bondy
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=72.2
outside_metropolitan_France=27.8
overseas_France=3.6
foreign_French=2.7
EU-15=3.4
non-EU-15=18.1

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

Bondy was the birthplace of Claude-Carloman de Rulhière (1735-1791), poet and historian.

The High school of Jean Renoir permit students to join Science po.

External links

* [http://www.ville-bondy.fr/ Town council website] (in French)