Ligny-en-Barrois

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Ligny-en-Barrois
Coat of arms of Ligny-en-Barrois
Ligny-en-Barrois (France)
Ligny-en-Barrois
region Grand Est
Department Meuse
Arrondissement Bar-le-Duc
Canton Ligny-en-Barrois (main town)
Community association Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse
Coordinates 48 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  E
height 217-386 m
surface 32.26 km 2
Residents 4,052 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 126 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 55500
INSEE code
Website www.lignyenbarrois.com

Church of Our Lady of Virtues

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Ligny-en-Barrois is a French commune with 4052 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement Bar-le-Duc and is the capital of the canton of Ligny-en-Barrois . The inhabitants are called Linéens .

geography

Ligny-en-Barrois is located on the Ornain , about 45 kilometers west of Toul . The Canal de la Marne au Rhin ( German: Rhine-Marne Canal ) runs parallel to the Ornain and, using additional canals, enables a navigable connection from the Paris area to the Rhine .

history

Ligny was first mentioned in a document in 962 as Lineium . The city developed around a castle that stood near the Tour Valéran from the 11th or 12th century.

Ligny-en-Barrois was the capital of a lordship and later a county that belonged successively to the Counts of Champagne, the Counts of Bar and then a sideline of the Counts of Luxembourg, which from 1371 even occupied the Mainz Erzstuhl with Johann . From 1719 it was part of the Duchy of Lorraine. In 1766 she came to France.

In 1544 Ligny-en-Barrois was besieged and destroyed by the troops of Charles V. From 1544 to 1591 Margaret of Savoy directed the fortunes of the County of Ligny. She had the city built up again.

In the middle of the 18th century, several buildings were erected under Stanislaus Leszczynski , including the Porte Royale, the city hall (Hôtel de ville) and the Porte Dauphine.

In the 19th century Ligny-en-Barrois developed into a center of the optical industry and precision mechanics.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2014
Residents 5157 5861 6143 5591 5342 5036 4564 4112

Town twinning

A partnership with Aichtal in Baden-Württemberg has existed since September 12, 1998 .

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Meuse. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-074-4 , pp. 516-527.

Web links

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