Beaucamps-Ligny

Beaucamps-Ligny
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-6
Community association	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Coordinates	50 ° 36 ′ N , 2 ° 55 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ N , 2 ° 55 ′ E
height	24-41 m
surface	5.04 km 2
Residents	856 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	170 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59134
INSEE code	59056
Website	http://www.beaucamps-ligny.fr/
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Beaucamps-Ligny is a northern French municipality with 856 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and is part of the canton of Lille-6 (until 2015: canton of Lomme ). The inhabitants are called Beaucampois .

geography

Beaucamps-Ligny is located about ten kilometers west-southwest of the city center of Lille near the border with Belgium . Beaucamps-Ligny is surrounded by the municipalities of Radinghem-en-Weppes in the north, Escobecques in the northeast, Erquinghem-le-Sec in the east, Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin in the east and southeast, Santes in the southeast, Wavrin in the south and southeast, Fournes- en-Weppes to the south and west and Le Maisnil to the northwest.

Legend has it that Thomas Becket was arrested here in 1164 .

In 1927 the municipalities of Beaucamps and Ligny-en-Weppes were merged.

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1083-1085.

Commons : Beaucamps-Ligny - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Monuments historiques (objects) in Beaucamps-Ligny in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture