Bobigny

Bobigny (French pronunciation: ​[bo.bi.ɲi]) is a commune, or town, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from the center of Paris. Bobigny is the préfecture (capital) of the Seine-Saint-Denis département, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Bobigny. It is only the 12th-largest commune in Seine-Saint-Denis (1999 census).

Bobigny
Prefecture and commune
Prefecture building
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Location of Bobigny
Bobigny
Paris and inner ring départements
Bobigny
Bobigny (Île-de-France (region))
Coordinates: 48°54′38″N 2°26′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementBobigny
CantonBobigny and Bondy
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2014-) Stéphane de Paoli
Area
1
6.77 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
53,640
 • Density7,900/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Balbyniens
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.

Inhabitants are called Balbyniens. Bobigny is the seat of the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture.

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 by Meccano of French Dinky Toys from 1933 to 1970 when the factory was closed and later demolished. Production of Dinky Toys was 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 destination were the Nazi camps.

List of mayors
StartEndNameParty
19441955Léon PeschPCF
19551965René GuesnierPCF
19651995Georges ValbonPCF
19952006Bernard BirsingerPCF
20062014Catherine PeygePCF
2014-Stéphane de PaoliUDI

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.[2]

  • Junior high schools: Collège Auguste Delaune, Collège Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Collège Pierre Sémard, and Collège République et SEGPA[3]
  • Senior high/Sixth-form: Lycée professionnel Alfred Costes, Lycée Louise Michel, Lycée polyvalent André Sabatier[3]
  • École, collège et lycée Charles Péguy is a private school from elementary to senior high/sixth-form[3]

There is also a school of hotel management, École hôtelière de Bobigny.[3]

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
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
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Bobigny is twinned with:

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gollark: If it's in geosynchronous orbit, we can make a space elevator *and* provide good internet access at the same time, actually!
gollark: But you can't run an ethernet cable to space.
gollark: Apparently the most efficient way to store power is something ridiculous like pumping water up hills then extracting energy from it going back down.
gollark: True, true, so not that much.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Scolarité et enseignements." Bobigny. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  3. "Enseignement secondaire." Bobigny. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  4. "Relations internationales et culture de paix". Ville de Bobigny (official site). Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  5. "Die Partnerstädte der Landeshauptstadt Potsdam". www.potsdam.de (in German). Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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