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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Bobigny
|commune status         = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image                  = Bobigny - Prefecture 01.jpg
|caption                = Prefecture building
|image coat of arms     = Blason Bobigny 93.svg
|map                    = Bobigny_map.svg
|map caption            = Location (in red) within Paris [[petite couronne|inner suburbs]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|48.9106|2.4397|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement         = Bobigny
|canton                 = [[Canton of Bobigny|Bobigny]] and [[Canton of Bondy|Bondy]]
|INSEE                  = 93008
|postal code            = 93000
|demonym                = Balbyniens
|mayor                  = Abdel Sadi<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Grand Paris]]
|elevation m            = 45
|elevation min m        = 39
|elevation max m        = 57
|area km2               = 6.77
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Bobigny''' ({{IPA|fr|bɔbiɲi}}) is a [[communes of France|commune]], or town, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, [[Île-de-France]], France. It is located {{convert|9.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the [[Kilometre Zero#France|centre of Paris]]. Bobigny is the [[prefectures in France|prefecture]] (capital city) of the [[Seine-Saint-Denis]] [[departments of France|department]], as well as the seat of the [[Arrondissement of Bobigny]]. It is the 11th most populous ''commune'' in Seine-Saint-Denis (2019).<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep93.pdf Populations légales 2019: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis], INSEE</ref>

Inhabitants are called ''Balbyniens''. Bobigny is the seat of the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture. The first [[IKEA]] store in France was located in this commune.

==Urbanism==
===Typology===
Bobigny is an urban commune, as it is one of the dense or intermediate density communes, as defined by the [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] communal density grid.{{efn|According to the zoning of rural and urban municipalities published in November 2020, in application of the new definition of rurality validated on November 14, 2020 by the Interministerial Committee for Rural Areas.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/typologie-urbain-rural|title=Typologie urbain / rural|website=observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/definition/c1472|title=Commune urbaine - définition|website=[[Insee]] website|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/methodes/methode-comprendre-la-grille-de-densite|title=Comprendre la grille de densité|website=observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref> It belongs to the [[urban unit]] of [[Paris]], an inter-departmental conurbation comprising 407 communes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/unite-urbaine-2020/00851-paris|title=Unité urbaine 2020 de Paris|publisher=INSEE|access-date= 12 November 2024}}</ref> and 10,785,092 inhabitants in 2017, of which it is a [[suburb]]an commune.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/4802589|title=Base des unités urbaines 2020 |date=October 21, 2020|website=insee.fr|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4806684|title=Toujours plus d'habitants dans les unités urbaines |first=Vianney| last=Costemalle |date=October 21, 2020|website=website of [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]]|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref>

The commune is also part of the [[functional area (France)|functional area of Paris]]{{efn|In October 2020, the concept of [[functional area (France)|functional area]] replaced that of [[urban area (France)|urban area]] in order to enable consistent comparisons with other [[European Union]] countries}} where it is located in the main population and employment centre of the functional area. This area comprises 1,929 communes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/aire-attraction-des-villes-2020/001-paris|title=Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Paris|publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] website|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4806694|title=En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l'aire d'attraction d'une ville |author1=Marie-Pierre de Bellefon|author2=Pascal Eusebio |author3=Jocelyn Forest |author4=Olivier Pégaz-Blanc |author5=Raymond Warnod 
|author6=(Insee) |date=October 21, 2020|website=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] website|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref>

=== Transport ===
Bobigny is served by two stations on [[Paris Métro Line 5]]: [[Bobigny - Pantin - Raymond Queneau (Paris Métro)|Bobigny – Pantin – Raymond Queneau]] and [[Bobigny - Pablo Picasso (Paris Métro)|Bobigny – Pablo Picasso]]. It can also be reached from the outer terminus of [[Paris Métro Line 7]] at [[La Courneuve – 8 mai 1945 (Paris Métro)|La Courneuve]].

== Economy ==
[[Valeo]] has management branches (Valeo Transmissions group and Valeo Friction Materials group) here. It was also the manufacturing base used by [[Meccano]] for French ''[[Dinky Toys]]'' from 1933 until 1970, when the factory was closed and later demolished. Production of Dinky Toys was then transferred to the Meccano factory in [[Calais]] until 1972, when the last new model, a Renault 4 la poste, was produced.

== Toponymy ==
Its name is derived from Roman-period '''''Balbiniacum''''', "the place of Balbo or Balbinus or Balbinius"; or "of the dumb or silent man/men" ([[Gaulish]]: [[Irish Gaelic]] ''balbh'' = "dumb, silent").

== History ==
[[File:Hôtel de ville de Bobigny - Septembre 2024 - 1.jpg|thumb|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Bobigny|Hôtel de Ville]]]] 
During the [[World War II|Second World War]], approximately 20,000 jews were transported from [[Bobigny station]] to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The deportation stages {{!}} Ancienne Gare de déportation de Bobigny|url=http://garedeportation.bobigny.fr/en/104/the-deportation-stages.htm|access-date=2020-10-02|website=garedeportation.bobigny.fr}}</ref>

The [[Hôtel de Ville, Bobigny|Hôtel de Ville]] was completed in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exploreparis.com/fr/970-la-salle-des-mariages-de-bobigny-journees-du-patrimoine.html|title=La salle des mariages d'Hervé Di Rosa à Bobigny - Journées du patrimoine|publisher=Explore Paris|access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref>

==Population==

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|2939|Bobigny}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-93008#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |260
|1800 |257
|1806 |278
|1821 |231
|1831 |316
|1836 |333
|1841 |351
|1846 |353
|1851 |370
|1856 |363
|1861 |561
|1866 |910
|1872 |889
|1876 |972
|1881 |1173
|1886 |1335
|1891 |1540
|1896 |1678
|1901 |1946
|1906 |2438
|1911 |3660
|1921 |6757
|1926 |11412
|1931 |17370
|1936 |17676
|1946 |16547
|1954 |18521
|1962 |37010
|1968 |39453
|1975 |43125
|1982 |42723
|1990 |44659
|1999 |44079
|2007 |48196
|2012 |48496
|2017 |53640
}}

== List of mayors ==
{| class="wikitable centre"
|- align="left"
! Start !! End  !! Name              !! colspan=2| [[List of political parties in France|Party]]
|-
|| 1944 || 1955 || Léon Pesch        || bgcolor="#dd0000"| || [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
|| 1955 || 1965 || René Guesnier     || bgcolor="#dd0000"| || [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
|| 1965 || 1995 || Georges Valbon    || bgcolor="#dd0000"| || [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
|| 1995 || 2006 || Bernard Birsinger || bgcolor="#dd0000"| || [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
|| 2006 || 2014 || Catherine Peyge   || bgcolor="#dd0000"| || [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
|| 2014 || 2020 || Stéphane de Paoli || bgcolor="#00FFFF"| || [[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]]
|-
|| 2020 || 2026 || Abdel Sadi        || bgcolor="#dd0000"| || [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|}

== Education ==
The commune has 14 public preschools (''écoles maternelles''), 15 public elementary schools, four public junior high schools, three public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges, and one private school.<ref>"[http://www.bobigny.fr/182/scolarite-et-enseignements.htm Scolarité et enseignements]." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.</ref>
* Junior high schools: Collège Auguste Delaune, Collège Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Collège Pierre Sémard, and Collège République et SEGPA<ref name=Secschools>"[http://www.bobigny.fr/471/enseignement-secondaire.htm Enseignement secondaire]." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.</ref>
*Senior high/Sixth-form: [[Lycée professionnel Alfred Costes]], [[Lycée Louise Michel]], [[Lycée polyvalent André Sabatier]]<ref name=Secschools/>
*[[École, collège et lycée Charles Péguy]] is a private school from elementary to senior high/sixth-form<ref name=Secschools/>

There is also a school of hotel management, École hôtelière de Bobigny.<ref name=Secschools/>

The [[Paris 13 University#Bobigny|Bobigny campus]] of [[Paris 13 University]] is its second-largest. It focuses on the medical sciences, and hosts a strong medical degree.

== Personalities ==
Bobigny is the birthplace of:
* [[Charles Itandje]] (born 1982), [[Goalkeeper (association football)|football goalkeeper]]
* [[Gaël Monfils]], tennis player
* [[Valentin Courrent]], rugby player
* [[Odsonne Edouard]], football player

Bobigny is the place of death of:

• Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter.

== Heraldry ==
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason Bobigny 93.svg
|legend1= Arms of Bobigny
|text= The arms of Bobigny are blazoned :<br />''Or, a saltire gules, overall on an inescutcheon azure, a basket filled with fruit and flowers and topped with 7 ears of wheat argent.''

The village of Bobigny was under Saint Andrew, hence the cross of Saint Andrew ([[saltire]]). The small shield in the middle evokes the agricultural nature of the commune, before the spread of built-up Paris surrounded it.}}

== International relations ==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Bobigny is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagdeco|RUS}} [[Serpukhov]], [[Moscow Oblast]] (Russia)<ref name="relations">{{cite web | url = http://www.bobigny.fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?page_id=197 | publisher = Ville de Bobigny (official site) | title = Relations internationales et culture de paix | access-date = 21 July 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080721154006/http://www.bobigny.fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?page_id=197 | archive-date = 21 July 2008}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|GER}} [[Potsdam]], [[Brandenburg]] (Germany)<ref name="relations"/><ref name="Potsdam twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.potsdam.de/cms/ziel/27222/DE/|title=Die Partnerstädte der Landeshauptstadt Potsdam|work=potsdam.de|access-date=24 June 2010|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625001110/http://www.potsdam.de/cms/ziel/27222/DE/|archive-date=25 June 2010}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department]]
*[[Bobigny cemetery]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Bobigny}}
* [http://www.bobigny.fr/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511001355/http://www.bobigny.fr/ |date=11 May 2008 }} (in French)

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{{Seine-Saint-Denis communes}}

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