Bagnolet

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Commune of Bagnolet
Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°52′07″N, 2°25′04″E
Administration
Country	France
Région	Île-de-France
Département	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Bobigny
Intercommunality	none as of 2005
Statistics
Land area¹	2.57 km²
Population² (1999 census)	32,511
- Density (1999)	12,650/km²
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Bagnolet is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.2 km. (3.2 miles) from the center of Paris. Its inhabitants are called Bagnoletais. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.

[edit] History

On January 1, 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 July 24, 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.

[edit] Language

Bagnolet, like most French suburbs, does have its own version of verlan (French backwards slang). Not much is known on the exact "language" as these abstract versions of Verlan are rarely researched.

Some examples of the vocabulary are:

• Bibisee = Cigarettes
• Spukiaus = Bagnolian delicacy
• Bipe = Moped
• Pigulle = Money
• Skinque = Drugs

Further information may be found at http://www.verlan.fr/bagnolian

[edit] Transport

Bagnolet is served by Gallieni station on Paris Metro line 3.