Ligny-en-Barrois (French pronunciation: ​[liɲi ɑ̃ baʁwa]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Ligny-en-Barrois
Commune
The town hall in Ligny-en-Barrois
Coat of arms
Location of Ligny-en-Barrois
Ligny-en-Barrois Show map of France Ligny-en-Barrois Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°41′23″N 5°19′30″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc
Canton	Ligny-en-Barrois
Intercommunality	Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Guyot
Area 1	32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	4,018
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55291 /55500
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The town is in the arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc, beside the canal that links the rivers Rhine and Marne, fifteen kilometres to the south east of Bar le Duc: it is the administrative seat of the canton Ligny-en-Barrois. The population comprises 4,018 inhabitants (2019) and the area of Ligny is 32.26 km². The inhabitants are called in French Linéens.

A principal employer is the French Evobus motor bus assembly plant. Ligny is also the home town of the Essilor company which specialises in ophthalmic lens production.^{[citation needed]}

Population

Twin towns – sister cities

Ligny-en-Barrois is twinned with:

• Aichtal, Germany (1998)

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

References

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