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Ligny (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Sombreffe, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in BE, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony's link graph records 36 inbound references to Ligny, and connects out to Belgium, Napoleon and time zone.

It is catalogued under topics including Battle of Ligny locations, Former municipalities of Namur Province and Sombreffe.

Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
Ligny
Region
Namur
Country
België / Belgique / Belgien
Population
2,640
Timezone
Europe/Brussels

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Ligny
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Station Ligny.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Ligny Station
Settlement.pushpin_map
Belgium
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wallonia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Namur
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Sombreffe
Settlement.area_total_km2
5.89
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Wikidata facts

Country
Belgium
Located in
Sombreffe
Area
5.89
Body of water
Ligny
Image
Station Ligny (2012).jpg
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postal code
5140
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Commons category
Ligny
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ligny (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Sombreffe, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

Previously its own municipality, a 1977 fusion of the Belgian municipalities made it an ancienne commune of Sombreffe.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ligny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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