[3] Lignières has an area, as of 2009[update], of 12.5 square kilometers (4.8 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi) or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Compass Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (832 or 91.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (46 or 5.0%) and English is the third (9 or 1.0%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 27.08% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 293 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.8%.

[9] There were 512 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, of which 38 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 13 or 9.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 78 or 57.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 11.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.5% were in the information industry, 1 was in education and 17 or 12.5% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 187 or 20.5% were Roman Catholic, while 476 or 52.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were 1.5 kindergarten classes with a total of 35 students in Lignières.