Ligny-lès-Aire

Ligny-lès-Aire
Ruins of the windmill
Ligny-lès-Aire
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Ligny-lès-Aire
Coordinates: 50°33′26″N 2°20′48″E / 50.5572°N 2.3467°E / 50.5572; 2.3467Coordinates: 50°33′26″N 2°20′48″E / 50.5572°N 2.3467°E / 50.5572; 2.3467
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality	Artois Flandres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Valentin Pont
Area1	8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	569
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62512 / 62960
Elevation	52–132 m (171–433 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ligny-lès-Aire is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Ligny-lès-Aire is situated some 13 miles (20.9 km) northwest of Béthune and 36 miles (57.9 km) west of Lille, on the D341, D90e and D90 roads.

Its surrounded by the common Westrehem, Rely and Auchy-au-Bois, Ligny-lès-Aire is located 17 km northwest of the Bruay Buissière the largest city nearby.^[1]

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• An ancient windmill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ligny-lès-Aire.

• Ligny-lès-Aire on the Quid website (French)