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Bondy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris
Paris

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, France
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 of Paris
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Bondy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is located . (6.8 miles) from the center
Kilometre Zero

In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured....
 of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
.

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
Middle Ages

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

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

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.

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

Notable people from Bondy

  • Muriel Hurtis
    Muriel Hurtis

    Muriel Hurtis-Houairi is an track and field from France.She specialises in the 200 metre sprint and 4x100 metre relay events. In the 2004 Summer Olympic Games she failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 200 metres....
    , athlete
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
  • Guy Moussi
    Guy Moussi

    Guy Moussi is an France professional association football midfielder, who currently plays for Nottingham Forest F.C. in the Football League Championship....
    , midfielder for English football team Nottingham Forest F.C.


Demographics


Immigration


Administration


Bondy is divided into two cantons:
  • The canton of Bondy-Nord-Ouest (North-West) account 24,953 inhabitants (53.3%);
  • The canton of Bondy-Sud-Est (South-East) account 21,873 inhabitants (46.7%).


Transport

Bondy is served by Bondy station on Paris RER line E
RER E

The RER E is one of the five lines in the RER Rapid transit system serving Paris, France.The line runs from Haussmann - St-Lazare to Chelles Gournay and Tournan ...
 and on the Transilien Paris – Est
Transilien Paris – Est

Transilien Paris – Est is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare de l'Est in central Paris....
 suburban rail line.

Miscellaneous


Bondy was the birthplace of Claude-Carloman de Rulhière
Claude-Carloman de Rulhière

Claude-Carloman de Rulhi?re , was a France poet and historian.He was born at Bondy, near Paris. He became aide-de-camp to Louis Fran?ois Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, whom he followed through the Hanoverian campaign of 1757 to his government at Bordeaux in 1758; and at the age of twenty-five he was sent to Saint Petersburg as se...
 (1735-1791), poet and historian.

The High school of Jean Renoir permit students to join Science po.

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