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Bobigny

Bobigny (French pronunciation: [bɔbiɲi]) is a commune, or town, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France, France. It is located 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from the centre of Paris. Bobigny is the prefecture (capital city) of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Bobigny. It is the 11th most populous commune in Seine-Saint-Denis (2019).[3]

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 Insee communal density grid.[a][4][5][6] It belongs to the urban unit of Paris, an inter-departmental conurbation comprising 411 communes[7] and 10,785,092 inhabitants in 2017, of which it is a suburban commune.[8][9]

The commune is also part of the functional area of Paris[b] where it is located in the main population and employment centre of the functional area. This area comprises 1,929 communes.[10][11]

Transport

Bobigny is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 5: Bobigny – Pantin – Raymond Queneau and Bobigny – Pablo Picasso. It can also be reached from the outer terminus of Paris Métro Line 7 at 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

During World War II, approximately 20,000 Jews were shipped from a railway station in Bobigny. Their ultimate destinations were the Nazi camps.[12]

Population

List of mayors

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.[15]

There is also a school of hotel management, École hôtelière de Bobigny.[16]

The 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:

Bobigny is the place of death of:

• Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter.

Heraldry

International relations

Bobigny is twinned with:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ In October 2020, the concept of functional area replaced that of urban area in order to enable consistent comparisons with other European Union countries

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Populations légales 2019: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis, INSEE
  4. ^ "Typologie urbain / rural". observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Commune urbaine - définition". Insee website. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Comprendre la grille de densité". observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Unité urbaine 2020 de Paris". insee.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Base des unités urbaines 2020". insee.fr. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  9. ^ Costemalle, Vianney (21 October 2020). "Toujours plus d'habitants dans les unités urbaines". website of Insee. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Liste des communes composant l'aire d'attraction de Paris". Insee website. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  11. ^ Marie-Pierre de Bellefon; Pascal Eusebio; Jocelyn Forest; Olivier Pégaz-Blanc; Raymond Warnod; (Insee) (21 October 2020). "En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l'aire d'attraction d'une ville". Insee website. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  12. ^ "The deportation stages | Ancienne Gare de déportation de Bobigny". garedeportation.bobigny.fr. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  13. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bobigny, EHESS (in French).
  14. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  15. ^ "Scolarité et enseignements." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d "Enseignement secondaire." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.
  17. ^ a b "Relations internationales et culture de paix". Ville de Bobigny (official site). Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  18. ^ "Die Partnerstädte der Landeshauptstadt Potsdam". potsdam.de (in German). Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.

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