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1 Urbanism  



1.1  Typology  





1.2  Transport  







2 Economy  





3 Toponymy  





4 History  





5 Population  





6 List of mayors  





7 Education  





8 Personalities  





9 Heraldry  





10 International relations  





11 See also  





12 Notes  





13 References  





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Coordinates: 48°5438N 2°2623E / 48.9106°N 2.4397°E / 48.9106; 2.4397
 

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Bobigny
Prefecture building
Prefecture building
Coat of arms of Bobigny
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Bobigny
Map
Bobigny is located in France
Bobigny

Bobigny

Bobigny is located in Île-de-France (region)
Bobigny

Bobigny

Coordinates: 48°54′38N 2°26′23E / 48.9106°N 2.4397°E / 48.9106; 2.4397
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementBobigny
CantonBobigny and Bondy
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Abdel Sadi[1]
Area
1
6.77 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
55,056
 • Density8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
DemonymBalbyniens
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
93008 /93000
Elevation39–57 m (128–187 ft)
(avg. 45 m or 148 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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Typology

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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 unitofParis, 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

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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 7atLa Courneuve.

Economy

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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

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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

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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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 260—    
1800 257−0.17%
1806 278+1.32%
1821 231−1.23%
1831 316+3.18%
1836 333+1.05%
1841 351+1.06%
1846 353+0.11%
1851 370+0.95%
1856 363−0.38%
1861 561+9.10%
1866 910+10.16%
1872 889−0.39%
1876 972+2.26%
1881 1,173+3.83%
1886 1,335+2.62%
1891 1,540+2.90%
1896 1,678+1.73%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,946+3.01%
1906 2,438+4.61%
1911 3,660+8.46%
1921 6,757+6.32%
1926 11,412+11.05%
1931 17,370+8.76%
1936 17,676+0.35%
1946 16,547−0.66%
1954 18,521+1.42%
1962 37,010+9.04%
1968 39,453+1.07%
1975 43,125+1.28%
1982 42,723−0.13%
1990 44,659+0.56%
1999 44,079−0.15%
2007 48,196+1.12%
2012 48,496+0.12%
2017 53,640+2.04%
Source: EHESS[13] and INSEE (1968-2017)[14]

List of mayors

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Start End Name Party
1944 1955 Léon Pesch PCF
1955 1965 René Guesnier PCF
1965 1995 Georges Valbon PCF
1995 2006 Bernard Birsinger PCF
2006 2014 Catherine Peyge PCF
2014 2020 Stéphane de Paoli UDI
2020 2026 Abdel Sadi PCF

Education

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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 campusofParis 13 University is its second-largest. It focuses on the medical sciences, and hosts a strong medical degree.

Personalities

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Bobigny is the birthplace of:

Bobigny is the place of death of:

• Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter.

Heraldry

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Arms of Bobigny
Arms of Bobigny
The arms of Bobigny are blazoned :
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

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Bobigny is twinned with:

See also

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Notes

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  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.
  • ^ 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

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    1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  • ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  • ^ Populations légales 2019: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis, INSEE
  • ^ "Typologie urbain / rural". observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  • ^ "Commune urbaine - définition". Insee website. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  • ^ "Comprendre la grille de densité". observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  • ^ "Unité urbaine 2020 de Paris". insee.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  • ^ "Base des unités urbaines 2020". insee.fr. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  • ^ Costemalle, Vianney (21 October 2020). "Toujours plus d'habitants dans les unités urbaines". website of Insee. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  • ^ "Liste des communes composant l'aire d'attraction de Paris". Insee website. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "The deportation stages | Ancienne Gare de déportation de Bobigny". garedeportation.bobigny.fr. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  • ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bobigny, EHESS (in French).
  • ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  • ^ "Scolarité et enseignements." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.
  • ^ a b c d "Enseignement secondaire." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "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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