Ligny-en-Cambrésis

Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Commune
The town hall in Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Coat of arms
Location of Ligny-en-Cambrésis
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Coordinates: 50°06′02″N 3°22′48″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 km^2 (3.39 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,874
• Density	210/km^2 (550/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 km^2 (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]

Heraldry

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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. "The first to fall | Australian War Memorial".
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE