Ligny-en-Barrois

Ligny-en-Barrois
Ligny-en-Barrois
Location within Lorraine region Ligny-en-Barrois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
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.)
Government
• 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)
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. 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 Lorraine 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:

• Aichtal, Germany (1998)

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department