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Ligny-en-Cambrésis

Coordinates: 50°06′02″N 3°22′48″E / 50.1006°N 3.38°E / 50.1006; 3.38
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Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Commune
The town hall in Ligny-en-Cambrésis
The town hall in Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Coat of arms of Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Coat of arms
Location of Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Map
Ligny-en-Cambrésis is located in France
Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Ligny-en-Cambrésis is located in Hauts-de-France
Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Coordinates: 50°06′02″N 3°22′48″E / 50.1006°N 3.38°E / 50.1006; 3.38
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCambrai
CantonLe Cateau-Cambrésis
IntercommunalityCaudrésis-Catésis
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Julien Léonard
Area
1
8.79 km2 (3.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
1,901
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59349 /59191
Elevation83–144 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. The first Australian soldier to fall during the First World War, lieutnant William Malcolm Chisholm, who died of his wounds on 27th August 1914, is buried at Ligny-en-Cambrésis Communal Cemetery[2].

Heraldry

Arms of Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Arms of Ligny-en-Cambrésis
 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.)



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
20061,687—    
20071,691+0.2%
20081,733+2.5%
20091,749+0.9%
20101,787+2.2%
20111,825+2.1%
20121,863+2.1%
20131,896+1.8%
20141,908+0.6%
20151,904−0.2%
20161,899−0.3%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round [3]

Election Winning Candidate Party %
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" | 2017 Marine Le Pen FN 62.54
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | 2012 François Hollande PS 50.20
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 54.55
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | 2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 68.98

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/first-fall
  3. ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/
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