Coordinates: 48°54′08″N 2°28′58″E / 48.902222°N 2.4827778°E
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Commune of Bondy |
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  Bondy
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny |
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| Land area1 | 5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 53,503 (2006) |
| - Density | 9,781 /km2 (25,330 /sq mi) |
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| 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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bondy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.9 km (6.8 mi). (6.8 miles) from the center of Paris.
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The name Bondy was recorded for the first time around AD 600 as Bonitiacum, meaning "estate of Bonitius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
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.
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Bondy is divided into two cantons:
Bondy is served by Bondy station on Paris RER line E and on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line.
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