Bagnolet () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris.

History

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

The Cha ...

was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Bagnolet, and

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. 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

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and a part of the territory of

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to create the commune of

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. The town used to be the home of the Château de Bagnolet.

Population

Its inhabitants are called ''Bagnoletais''.

Transport

Bagnolet is served by

Gallieni Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 – 27 May 1916) was a French military officer, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies where he wrote several books on colonial affairs. He was reca ...

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 Jeanne-Marie Barbey, also known as Louise Jeanne Marie Barbée (17 July 1876 - 13 August 1960) was a French artist, painter and photographer, whose work frequently concentrated on Brittany. Early life and education Jeanne-Marie Barbey was born ...

(1876-1960), artist and photographer *

Sylvain Distin Sylvain Distin (born 16 December 1977) is a French former professional association football, footballer. He is left-footed and played as a centre-back, and was also capable of playing at Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back. Dist ...

(born 1977), footballer *

Koffi Djidji Lévy Koffi Djidji (born 30 November 1992) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender. Born in France, Djidji plays for the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast national ...

(born 1992), footballer *

Henri Verneuil Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International F ...

(1920–2002), filmmaker *

Cyril Kongo Cyril Kongo, also known as Kongo, was born in 1969 as Cyril Phan in Toulouse, France. He is a French painter and graffiti artist. Biography Born of a Vietnamese father and a French mother, Cyril Phan spent his early childhood in Vietnam until ...

(born 1969), French graffiti artist

Photos

Support for Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

In December 2013, the city's council voted to make

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (, born 2 April 1951) is a Lebanese militant, who founded the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF) and was convicted of terrorism. He is currently serving a life sentence at Lannemezan prison, France, for complicit ...

an "honorary resident." The city council's motion, which did not mention Abdallah's murder of US diplomat Charles R. Ray and his role in the

killing of Yacov Barsimantov On 31 March 1982, Yaacov Bar-Simantov, who was the second secretary of Israel's embassy in France, was shot dead in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt by an unknown female assailant. Barsimantov was responsible for liaison with the Fren ...

, an Israeli diplomat, described him as a "communist activist" and a "political prisoner" who "belongs to the resistance movement of Lebanon" and is a "determined defender of the Palestinian just cause." The motion stated that Abdallah's release was being denied "primarily because of the intervention of the US government" and "To call for his liberation, the municipal council declares him an honorary citizen of Bagnolet." In July 2014, the administrative court in Montreuil revoked the city's motion to grant Abdallah honorary citizenship.

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'').Tous les établissements scolaires de Bagnolet
" Bagnolet. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. * 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 In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

International relations

Bagnolet is twinned with: *

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, Algeria * Massala, Mali *

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, Germany *

Le Robert Le Robert (; ) is a town and the third-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. It is located in the northeastern (Atlantic) side of the island of Martinique. It contains the Sainte Rose-de-Lima church, Club Nautique Wi ...

, Martinique, France * Shatila, Lebanon *

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, Italy

References

External links

Official website
(in French) {{Authority control Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis