Ligny-en-Cambrésis

Ligny-en-Cambrésis
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Community association	Caudrésis et Catésis
Coordinates	50 ° 6 ' N , 3 ° 23' E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ' N , 3 ° 23' E
height	83-144 m
surface	8.79 km 2
Residents	1,894 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	215 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59191
INSEE code	59349
Website	www.ligny-en-cambresis.fr
	; Town hall ( Mairie ) of Ligny-en-Cambrésis

Ligny-en-Cambrésis is a French commune with 1,894 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Cambrai and the canton of Le Cateau-Cambrésis (until 2015: canton of Clary ). The inhabitants are called Lignysiens .

geography

Ligny-en-Cambrésis is about 13 kilometers southeast of Cambrai . Ligny-en-Cambrésis is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fontaine-au-Pire in the north, Caudry in the northeast, Montigny-en-Cambrésis in the east and southeast, Clary and Caullery in the south, Walincourt-Selvigny in the southwest and Haucourt-en-Cambrésis in the West.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Residents	2.112	2.012	2,107	1,889	1,835	1,658	1,687
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE

Saint Martin Church
Ligny Castle, originally built as a castle in the 9th century, numerous renovations, today a hotel
British military cemetery
Pattyn Brewery

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 557-558.

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