Ligny

Ligny (in Walloon Ligné) is a village in the municipality of Sombreffe (in the province of Namur), Wallonia Region, Belgium. It is known as the site of the Battle of Ligny, where Napoleon defeated Blücher two days before the battle of Waterloo while Wellington and Marshal Ney were engaged at Quatre Bras.

Ligny Ligné
Village
Ligny Station
Ligny
Coordinates: 50°30′43″N 4°34′29″E
Country	Belgium
Province	Namur
Municipality	Sombreffe
Area [1]
• Total	5.89 km² (2.27 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

References

"Sombreffe (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium)". crwflags.com. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Ligny" . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

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