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Ligné
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Ligné is a commune in France, situated within the Pays de la Loire region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Ligné and is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, specifically within the Arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis. The municipality shares borders with Le Cellier, Couffé, Mouzeil, and Petit-Mars. Its official postal code is 44850, and it lies at an elevation of 72 meters above sea level.
The area of the commune is 45.41 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 5,693 residents, comprising 2,579 males and 2,595 females, while another records a population of 3,222. Ligné is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Nort-sur-Erdre.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ligné
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,222
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Department
- Loire-Atlantique
- Arrondissement
- Châteaubriant-Ancenis
- Canton
- Nort-sur-Erdre
- Intercommunality
- Pays d'Ancenis
- Mayor 2025 2026
- Maurice Perrion
- Area
- 45.41 km (17.53 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 5,693
- Density
- 125.4/km (324.7/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Lignéens, Lignéennes
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 44082 /44850
- Elevation
- 12–72 m (39–236 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Ligné
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Ancenis
- Population
- 5693
- Area
- 45.41
- Elevation
- 42
- Capital of
- canton of Ligné
- Shares border with
- Les Touches
- Official website
- www.ligne.fr
- Image
- Eglise de Ligné (44).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ligné (Loire-Atlantique)
- postal code
- 44850
- different from
- Ligné
- associated electoral district
- canton of Nort-sur-Erdre
- male population
- 2579
- female population
- 2595
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-40-77-00-08
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Encyclopedic overview
Ligné ( French pronunciation: [liɲe] ; Gallo: Lignë, Breton: Legneg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ligné” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.