Ligny-en-Barrois
| Ligny-en-Barrois | |
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  Ligny-en-Barrois | |
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Location within Grand Est region  Ligny-en-Barrois | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′23″N 5°19′30″E / 48.6897°N 5.325°ECoordinates: 48°41′23″N 5°19′30″E / 48.6897°N 5.325°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc |
| Canton | canton de Ligny-en-Barrois |
| Intercommunality | communauté de communes du Centre Ornain (C.C.C.O.) |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | J.-F. Muel |
| Area1 | 32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 5,035 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 55291 / 55500 |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Ligny-en-Barrois is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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 5,035 inhabitants (1999) 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.
Twin towns – Sister cities
Ligny-en-Barrois is twinned with:
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Aichtal, Germany (1998)
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