Bondy () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. 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 Gallo-Roman landowner.
History
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.
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."Vie scolaire" . Bondy. Retrieved on 6 September 2016. There are 13 écoles maternelles, or preschools,"Les écoles maternelles ." Bondy. Retrieved on 6 September 2016. and 14 publicly funded elementary schools"Les écoles élémentaires ." Bondy. Retrieved on 6 September 2016. The junior high schools are named after: Pierre Brossolette, Henri Sellier, Jean Zay, Jean Renoir, and Pierre Curie"60 millions d’euros pour les collèges ." Bondy. Retrieved on 6 September 2016. There are three state-funded high schools: Lycée Léo-Lagrange, Lycée Marcel-Pagnol, and Lycée Jean-Renoir."Les lycées ." Bondy. Retrieved on 6 September 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 Adama Camara, footballer Élodie Fontan, actress Serge Gakpe, footballer Max Hilaire, footballer Muriel Hurtis, track and field, 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 France national football team 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
See also Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department
References
External links
Town council website