Ligny-en-Barrois
Ligny-en-Barrois is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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 The town hall in Ligny-en-Barrois | |
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Location of Ligny-en-Barrois 
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| Coordinates: 48°41′23″N 5°19′30″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Bar-le-Duc |
| Canton | Ligny-en-Barrois |
| Intercommunality | Bar-le-Duc Sud Meuse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Claude Rylko |
| Area 1 | 32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 4,052 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 2006 | 4,609 | — |
| 2007 | 4,564 | −1.0% |
| 2008 | 4,512 | −1.1% |
| 2009 | 4,409 | −2.3% |
| 2010 | 4,307 | −2.3% |
| 2011 | 4,205 | −2.4% |
| 2012 | 4,170 | −0.8% |
| 2013 | 4,136 | −0.8% |
| 2014 | 4,112 | −0.6% |
| 2015 | 4,085 | −0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,058 | −0.7% |
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round [2]
| Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
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| 2017 | Emmanuel Macron | En Marche! | 53.57 | |
| 2012 | François Hollande | PS | 51.47 | |
| 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 51.19 | |
| 2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 80.66 | |
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/
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