Ligny-en-Barrois

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ligny-en-Barrois is a small town in the North-East of France, located in Lorraine, and in the département of the Meuse.

The town is in the arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc, sited 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.[citation needed]

Coordinates: 48°41′18″N, 5°19′22″E