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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
Location of Ligny-en-Barrois
Ligny-en-Barrois
Ligny-en-Barrois
Coordinates: 48°41′23″N 5°19′30″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMeuse
ArrondissementBar-le-Duc
CantonLigny-en-Barrois
IntercommunalityBar-le-Duc Sud Meuse
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Michel Guyot
Area
1
32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
4,018
  Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,861    
1975 6,143+0.67%
1982 5,591−1.34%
1990 5,342−0.57%
1999 5,035−0.66%
2007 4,564−1.22%
2012 4,170−1.79%
2017 4,052−0.57%
Source: INSEE[2]

Twin towns – sister cities


Ligny-en-Barrois is twinned with:


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE





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