Arrondissement of Bobigny explained

Type:arr
Bobigny
Insee:931
Nbcomm:9
Prefecture:y
Seat:Bobigny
Area:39.2

The arrondissement of Bobigny is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the Île-de-France region. It has 9 communes. Its population is 431,444 (2019), and its area is 39.2km2.[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Bobigny, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Bagnolet (93006)
  2. Bobigny (93008)
  3. Bondy (93010)
  4. Les Lilas (93045)
  5. Montreuil (93048)
  6. Noisy-le-Sec (93053)
  7. Pantin (93055)
  8. Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (93061)
  9. Romainville (93063)

History

The arrondissement of Bobigny was created in 1964 as part of the department Seine. In 1968 it became part of the new department Seine-Saint-Denis.[3] The arrondissement of Saint-Denis was created in February 1993 from part of the arrondissement of Bobigny.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Seine-Saint-Denis, it lost six communes to the arrondissement of Le Raincy.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Bobigny were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Bagnolet
  2. Bobigny
  3. Bondy-Nord-Ouest
  4. Bondy-Sud-Est
  5. Le Bourget
  6. Drancy
  7. Les Lilas
  8. Montreuil-Est
  9. Montreuil-Nord
  10. Montreuil-Ouest
  11. Noisy-le-Sec
  12. Pantin-Est
  13. Pantin-Ouest
  14. Les Pavillons-sous-Bois
  15. Romainville
  16. Rosny-sous-Bois
  17. Villemomble

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2022. 11 January 2023. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Bobigny (931). 2019-10-05. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/93his.html Historique de la Seine-Saint-Denis
  4. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000528666 Décret n° 93-259 du 26 février 1993 portant création de l'arrondissement de Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)
  5. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016. 25–27. 2019-10-28.
  6. Web site: Populations légales 2012: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis. December 2014. INSEE.