14-624: The Méridienne verte (Green Meridian) is a project devised by the architect Paul Chemetov for the 2000 celebration in France . It involved marking on the ground the Paris Meridian crossing France from North to South (from Dunkerque in Nord-Pas-de-Calais to Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste in Pyrénées-Orientales ) by planting trees along the whole line. On 14 July ( Bastille Day ) 2000,
28-567: A picnic was organised along the length of the Méridienne verte. For the occasion, the imaginary line was marked in the sky above Paris by two lasers , located on the Observatory , whose centre defines the longitude of the meridian, and the nearby Senate , also on the line. With a diameter of 4 m and a reach of 1.3 km, their coloured beams lit up the 6th and 14th arrondissements of Paris for three consecutive nights, from 13 to 15 July. At
42-435: Is also a school of hotel management, École hôtelière de Bobigny. The Bobigny campus of Paris 13 University is its second-largest. It focuses on the medical sciences, and hosts a strong medical degree. Bobigny is the birthplace of: Bobigny is the place of death of: • Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter. The village of Bobigny was under Saint Andrew, hence the cross of Saint Andrew ( saltire ). The small shield in
56-442: Is located in the main population and employment centre of the functional area. This area comprises 1,929 communes. Bobigny is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 5 : Bobigny – Pantin – Raymond Queneau and Bobigny – Pablo Picasso . It can also be reached from the outer terminus of Paris Métro Line 7 at La Courneuve . Valeo has management branches (Valeo Transmissions group and Valeo Friction Materials group) here. It
70-725: The Grand prix national de l'architecture (1980), Officer of the Legion of Honour , Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , and Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite . Chemetov was the father of landscape architect Alexandre Chemetoff , who won the Grand Prix de l'urbanisme in 2000. He also had two daughters Marianne – who is married to famous cinematographer Darius Khondji – and Agnès Chemetoff. Chemetov died in Paris on 16 June 2024, at
84-851: The age of 95. In 1960–1964, Chemetov worked on a housing complex in Vigneux. From 1981 to 1988, he worked on the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance building , one of the Grands Projets of François Mitterrand , with Huidobro. From 1982 to 1985 he worked on the French Embassy in New Delhi , India, with Borja Huidobro and in December 1982 won the Ministry of Finances competition. In 1983, Chemetov designed
98-538: The dumb or silent man/men" ( Gaulish : Irish Gaelic balbh = "dumb, silent"). During World War II, approximately 20,000 Jews were shipped from a railway station in Bobigny. Their ultimate destinations were the Nazi camps. The commune has 14 public preschools ( écoles maternelles ), 15 public elementary schools, four public junior high schools, three public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges, and one private school. There
112-572: The intersection of the Meridian and the 45th parallel , in the commune of Ayrens ( Cantal ), trees have been planted in two perpendicular lines to mark the crossing. From North to South, the Méridienne verte crosses 8 régions , 20 départements and 337 communes . Paul Chemetov Paul Chemetov (6 September 1928 – 16 June 2024) was a French architect and urbanist. He was best known for his collaborations with Borja Huidobro . Chemetov
126-448: The library-media center at Évreux , with Huidobro. In 1999 he designed the Méridienne verte , in 2000 he designed the public library at Montpellier , with Huidobro and in 2001 designed the Arènes de Metz , with Huidobro. In 2001 he worked on the public library at Châlons-en-Champagne . Bobigny Bobigny ( French pronunciation: [bɔbiɲi] ) is a commune , or town, in
140-689: The northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France , France. It is located 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from the centre of Paris . Bobigny is the prefecture (capital city) of the Seine-Saint-Denis department , as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Bobigny . It is the 11th most populous commune in Seine-Saint-Denis (2019). Inhabitants are called Balbyniens . Bobigny is the seat of the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture. The first IKEA store in France
154-609: The public housing building at 5, Promenade du Marquis de Rays , Canal District in Courcouronnes ( Essonne ). In 1988 he designed the Fontaines du Ministère in Paris and from 1989 to 1994 was responsible for the renovation of the main gallery of the evolution of the National Museum of Natural History, with Huidobro. In 1992 Chemetov was responsible for the development of a tram from Bobigny to Saint-Denis and in 1994 worked on
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#1732894875512168-510: Was also the manufacturing base used by Meccano for French Dinky Toys from 1933 until 1970, when the factory was closed and later demolished. Production of Dinky Toys was then transferred to the Meccano factory in Calais until 1972, when the last new model, a Renault 4 la poste, was produced. Its name is derived from Roman-period Balbiniacum , "the place of Balbo or Balbinus or Balbinius"; or "of
182-643: Was born in Paris on 6 September 1928. As a student, he belonged to the Union of Communist Students . He graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in 1959. Chemetov taught at the École des Ponts ParisTech until 1989, at which time he switched to the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne . In 1961, he joined the AAU . He designed several buildings with Borja Huidobro (b. 1936, Santiago, Chile ) beginning in 1983. Chemetov received several awards and honors including
196-467: Was located in this commune. Bobigny is an urban commune, as it is one of the dense or intermediate density communes, as defined by the Insee communal density grid. It belongs to the urban unit of Paris , an inter-departmental conurbation comprising 407 communes and 10,785,092 inhabitants in 2017, of which it is a suburban commune. The commune is also part of the functional area of Paris where it
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