Bondy

Bondy
The commercial zone of Bondy on the N3 road
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Bobigny
Canton	Bondy
Area1	5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	53,503
• Density	9,800/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	93010 / 93140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bondy (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.9 km (6.8 mi) from the Kilometre Zero of Paris.

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 primarily forest. The forest of Bondy was a well-known haunt of bandits and robbers and was extremely dangerous.

On 3 January 1905, a third of the territory of Bondy was detached and became the commune of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois.

On 30 October 2007, a gas explosion killed one person and injured 47 people.

Bondy and its integration into Paris is the subject of part of the second-last chapter of Graham Robb's book Parisians.

Personalities

• Frederic Bakekolo, handball player
• Serge Gakpe, footballer
• Max Hilaire, footballer
• Muriel Hurtis, track and field, athlete
• Steeven Joseph-Monrose, footballer
• Kevin Lafrance, footballer
• David Larose, judoka
• André Malraux, spent much of his childhood in Bondy
• Sylvain Meslien, footballer
• Guy Moussi, footballer
• Michael Nicoise, footballer
• Maureen Nisima, fencer
• Birthplace of Claude-Carloman de Rulhière (1735–1791), poet and historian.
• Lalya Sidibe, basketball player
• Doriane Tahane, basketball player
• Audrey Tcheumeo, judoka
• Teddy Tinmar, athlete
• Bakaye Traoré, footballer
• Fodie Traore, footballer
• Jimmy Vicaut, athlete