Ligny-en-Cambrésis | |
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Coordinates: 50°06′02″N 3°22′48″E / 50.1006°N 3.38°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Cambrai |
Canton | Le Cateau-Cambrésis |
Intercommunality | CA Caudrésis–Catésis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Julien Léonard [1] |
Area 1 | 8.79 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 1,901 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
59349 /59191 |
Elevation | 83–144 m (272–472 ft) (avg. 127 m or 417 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Ligny-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. [3] The first Australian soldier to fall during the First World War, lieutenant William Malcolm Chisholm, who died of his wounds on 27 August 1914, is buried at Ligny-en-Cambrésis Communal Cemetery. [4]
The arms of Ligny-en-Cambrésis are
blazoned : Azure, an inescutcheon between in orle 11 billets argent. ( Ligny-en-Cambrésis, Masnières and Villers-au-Tertre use the same arms.)
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,034 | — |
1975 | 1,914 | −0.86% |
1982 | 1,711 | −1.59% |
1990 | 1,652 | −0.44% |
1999 | 1,658 | +0.04% |
2007 | 1,691 | +0.25% |
2012 | 1,863 | +1.96% |
2017 | 1,894 | +0.33% |
Source: INSEE [5] |