Ligny-en-Barrois

Commune in Grand Est, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Michel Guyot^[1]Area32.26 km² (12.46 sq mi)Population3,803 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ligny-en-Barrois (French pronunciation: [liɲi ɑ̃ baʁwa]) 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 of Ligny-en-Barrois. The area of Ligny-en-Barrois is 32.26 km².

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.^{[citation needed]}

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,861	—
1975	6,143	+0.67%
1982	5,591	−1.34%
1990	5,342	−0.57%
1999	5,035	−0.66%
2009	4,409	−1.32%
2014	4,112	−1.39%
2020	3,909	−0.84%
Source: INSEE[3]

The inhabitants are called in French Linéens.

Twin towns – sister cities

Ligny-en-Barrois is twinned with:

• Aichtal, Germany (1998)

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department

References