Ligny-en-Cambrésis
Ligny-en-Cambrésis | |
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The town hall in Ligny-en-Cambrésis | |
Location of Ligny-en-Cambrésis | |
| Coordinates: 50°06′02″N 3°22′48″E / 50.1006°N 3.38°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 |
Area 1 | 8.79 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 1,874 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Ligny-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. 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.