Ligny-sur-Canche

Ligny-Sur-Canche
Location of Ligny-Sur-Canche
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Frévent
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Delmotte
Area 1	7.17 km2 (2.77 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	203
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62513 /62270
Elevation	57–138 m (187–453 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ligny-Sur-Canche is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Ligny-sur-Canche is situated 25 miles (40 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D11 and the D941 roads, in the valley of the river Canche.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
209	229	219	187	197	205	203
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Modeste,dating from the twelfth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• Traces of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• Ligny-Sur-Canche on the Quid website Template:Fr