Ligny
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,640 residents
- Description: section of Sombreffe, Belgium
- Also known as: “Sombreffe (Ligny)”
- Postal code: 5140
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ligny railway station and Sombreffe Castle.
Ligny railway station
Railway stop
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Ligny railway station is a railway stop.
Sombreffe Castle
Castle
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sombreffe Castle is a medieval castle in Sombreffe, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Sombreffe Castle is situated 2½ km northeast of Ligny.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Amand and Boignée.
Saint-Amand
Village
Photo: Grentidez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Amand is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fleurus, located in the Arrondissement of Charleroi, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Boignée
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Boignée 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. Boignée is situated 3 km southeast of Ligny.
Tongrinne
Village
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Tongrinne 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. Tongrinne is situated 3½ km east of Ligny.
Ligny
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Sombreffe, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.51263° or 50° 30′ 46″ northLongitude
4.57576° or 4° 34′ 33″ eastPopulation
2,640Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)Open location code
9F26GH7G+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 3883031454OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2792369Wikidata ID
Q1642281
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Walloon—“Ligny” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ligny”
- Chinese: “利尼”
- Dutch: “Ligny”
- Estonian: “Ligny”
- French: “Ligny”
- German: “Ligny”
- Greek: “Λινί”
- Irish: “Ligny”
- Italian: “Ligny”
- Japanese: “リニー”
- Lombard: “Ligny”
- Luxembourgish: “Ligny”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ligny”
- Persian: “لیگنی”
- Polish: “Ligny”
- Portuguese: “Ligny”
- Russian: “Линьи”
- Slovenian: “Ligny”
- Spanish: “Ligny”
- Swedish: “Ligny”
- Ukrainian: “Ліньї”
- Walloon: “Lignè”
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