Bondy

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Bondy (Template:IPA) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located Template:Convert from the centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department (93).

Name

The name Bondy was recorded for the first time around AD 600 as Bonitiacum, meaning "estate of Bonitius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

History

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Bondy, c. 1780

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The Hôtel de Ville

During the Middle Ages, 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

Template:As of 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.<ref>"Vie scolaire" Template:Webarchive. Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.</ref>

There are 13 écoles maternelles, or preschools,<ref>"Les écoles maternelles Template:Webarchive." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.</ref> and 14 publicly funded elementary schools<ref>"Les écoles élémentaires Template:Webarchive." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.</ref>
The junior high schools are named after: Pierre Brossolette, Henri Sellier, Jean Zay, Jean Renoir, and Pierre Curie<ref>"60 millions d’euros pour les collèges Template:Webarchive." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.</ref>
There are three state-funded high schools: Lycée Léo-Lagrange, Lycée Marcel-Pagnol, and Lycée Jean-Renoir.<ref name=HS>"Les lycées Template:Webarchive." Bondy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.</ref>

Bondy also has a private Roman Catholic high school, Institut privé de l'Assomption, which has its own elementary school.<ref name=HS/>

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.

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