Bagnolet

Bagnolet
The Mercurial Towers and Hôtel de Ville, in 2004
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Bagnolet
Bagnolet
Bagnolet
Coordinates: 48°52′09″N 2°25′05″E / 48.8692°N 2.4181°E / 48.8692; 2.4181
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementBobigny
CantonBagnolet
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Tony Di Martino[1]
Area
1
2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
43,086
 • Density16,800/km2 (43,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
93006 /93170
Elevation57–119 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

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.

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Mairie de Bagnolet". Patrimoine Seine-Saint-Denis. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bagnolet, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ a b "Tous les établissements scolaires de Bagnolet." Bagnolet. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "La coopération internationale". ville-bagnolet.fr (in French). Bagnolet. Retrieved 2019-11-21.