Coligny, North West

Coligny
Street in Coligny
Coligny  Coligny shown within North West
Coordinates: 26°20′S 26°19′E / 26.333°S 26.317°ECoordinates: 26°20′S 26°19′E / 26.333°S 26.317°E
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Ngaka Modiri Molema
Municipality	Ditsobotla
Area[1]
• Total	4.36 km^2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,271
• Density	520/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	43.2%
• Coloured	3.4%
• Indian/Asian	1.9%
• White	49.8%
• Other	1.7%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans	50.6%
• Tswana	34.6%
• English	6.6%
• Xhosa	1.4%
• Other	6.8%
Postal code (street)	2725
PO box	2725
Area code	018

Coligny is a maize farming town situated next to the railway line between Lichtenburg and Johannesburg in North West Province of South Africa.

Town some 27 kilometres (17 mi) south-east of Lichtenburg. Originally named as Treurfontein ("spring of sadness"), it was renamed Coligny when it became a town on 23 July 1923, after Gaspard de Coligny, a Huguenot leader who died in the Massacre of St Bartholomew in 1572.^[2] Scene of sporadic diamond mining activities.

References

1. "Main Place Coligny". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 122. Retrieved 28 August 2013.