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]

Bobigny
Prefecture and commune
Prefecture building
Prefecture building
Coat of arms of Bobigny
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Bobigny
Bobigny is located in France
Bobigny
Bobigny
Bobigny is located in Île-de-France (region)
Bobigny
Bobigny
Coordinates: 48°54′38″N 2°26′23″E
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
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
54,906
 • 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.

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.

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.[4]

Population
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[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

List of mayors
StartEndNameParty
19441955Léon PeschPCF
19551965René GuesnierPCF
19651995Georges ValbonPCF
19952006Bernard BirsingerPCF
20062014Catherine PeygePCF
20142020Stéphane de PaoliUDI
20202026Abdel SadiPCF

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.[7]

  • Junior high schools: Collège Auguste Delaune, Collège Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Collège Pierre Sémard, and Collège République et SEGPA[8]
  • Senior high/Sixth-form: Lycée professionnel Alfred Costes, Lycée Louise Michel, Lycée polyvalent André Sabatier[8]
  • École, collège et lycée Charles Péguy is a private school from elementary to senior high/sixth-form[8]

There is also a school of hotel management, École hôtelière de Bobigny.[8]

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
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:

See also

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 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Populations légales 2019: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis, INSEE
  4. "The deportation stages | Ancienne Gare de déportation de Bobigny". garedeportation.bobigny.fr. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bobigny, EHESS (in French).
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. "Scolarité et enseignements." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.
  8. "Enseignement secondaire." Bobigny. Retrieved on 4 September 2016.
  9. "Relations internationales et culture de paix". Ville de Bobigny (official site). Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  10. "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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