- Ligny-en-Barrois
Ligny-en-Barrois is a small town in the North-East of
France , located in Lorraine, and in the département of theMeuse .The town is in the arrondissement of
Bar-le-Duc , sited beside the canal that links the RiversRhine 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.Fact|date=February 2008
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