Ligny-en-Cambrésis

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Ligny-en-Cambrésis

|commune status = Commune

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Ligny-en-Cambrésis (59) Nord-France.svg

|image = Ligny en cambresis mairie.jpg

|caption = The town hall in Ligny-en-Cambrésis

|arrondissement = Cambrai

|canton = Le Cateau-Cambrésis

|INSEE = 59349

|postal code = 59191

|mayor = Julien Léonard{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Caudrésis–Catésis

|coordinates = {{coord|50.1006|3.38|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 127

|elevation min m = 83

|elevation max m = 144

|area km2 = 8.79

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Ligny-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59349-ligny-en-cambresis INSEE commune file] The first Australian soldier to fall during the First World War, lieutenant William Malcolm Chisholm, who died of his wounds on 27 August 1914, is buried at Ligny-en-Cambrésis Communal Cemetery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/first-fall|title = The first to fall | Australian War Memorial}}