Ligny-lès-Aire

Ligny-lès-Aire
Ruins of the windmill Ruins of the windmill
Ligny-lès-Aire
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Ligny-lès-Aire
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
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)
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
508	536	505	505	486	505	569
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

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

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