Bagnolet

Bagnolet
Commune
The Mercurial Towers and Hôtel de Ville, in 2004
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Bagnolet
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Coordinates: 48°52′09″N 2°25′05″E / 48.8692°N 2.4181°E / 48.8692; 2.4181
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Bobigny
Canton	Bagnolet
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Edouard Denouel[1]
Area 1	2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	43,086
• Density	16,800/km2 (43,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93006 /93170
Elevation	57–119 m (187–390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bagnolet (French pronunciation: [baɲɔlɛ] ) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.2 km (3.2 mi) from the center of Paris.

History

In Medieval times, Bagnolet was known as Balneolum, a Latin term meaning “bath”, referring to an ancient bathing place in the area.

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune of Bagnolet was annexed to the city of Paris. At the same time, the commune of Charonne was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Bagnolet, and Montreuil. Bagnolet received a small part of the territory of Charonne.

On 24 July 1867, a part of the territory of Bagnolet was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Romainville and a part of the territory of Pantin to create the commune of Les Lilas.

The town used to be the home of the Château de Bagnolet. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1881.^[3]

Population

Its inhabitants are called Bagnoletais in French.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,043 —     1800 953 −1.28% 1806 987 +0.59% 1821 878 −0.78% 1831 1,093 +2.21% 1836 1,090 −0.05% 1841 1,321 +3.92% 1846 1,327 +0.09% 1851 1,298 −0.44% 1856 1,556 +3.69% 1861 2,553 +10.41% 1866 2,924 +2.75% 1872 2,597 −1.96% 1876 2,861 +2.45% 1881 3,839 +6.06% 1886 5,280 +6.58% 1891 6,124 +3.01% 1896 7,116 +3.05% 1901 8,799 +4.34%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 11,770 +5.99% 1911 15,744 +5.99% 1921 20,406 +2.63% 1926 26,538 +5.40% 1931 28,112 +1.16% 1936 28,052 −0.04% 1946 25,059 −1.12% 1954 26,779 +0.83% 1962 31,591 +2.09% 1968 34,054 +1.26% 1975 35,906 +0.76% 1982 32,557 −1.39% 1990 32,600 +0.02% 1999 32,511 −0.03% 2007 34,269 +0.66% 2012 34,920 +0.38% 2017 35,674 +0.43% 2023 43,086 +3.20%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2023)[5]

Transport

Bagnolet is served by Gallieni station on Paris Metro line 3 and RATP buslines 76,102,115,122,318 545.

International and National coaches serve Bagnolet at Gallieni Metro station.

Notable people

• Jeanne-Marie Barbey (1876-1960), artist and photographer
• Sylvain Distin (born 1977), footballer
• Koffi Djidji (born 1992), footballer
• Henri Verneuil (1920–2002), filmmaker
• Cyril Kongo (born 1969), French graffiti artist

Education

The commune has ten public preschools (maternelles), nine public elementary schools, two public junior high schools (collèges), and a comprehensive public senior high school (lycée polyvalent).^[6]

• Junior high schools: Georges-Politzer and Travail / Langevin
• Lycée général et professionnel Eugène-Hénaff

There is a private junior and high school, Lycée professionnel et technologique Saint-Besnoît de l'Europe.^[6]

International relations

Bagnolet is twinned with:^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

References

External links

• Official website (in French)