Map of Cisalpine Gaul showing the approximate distributions of Celtic populations in the area during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.220px|Iron Age groups within the Italian peninsula. Liguria is located in the upper left corner of the map.|alt= The Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians; Greek: ) were an ancient population that gave the name to Liguria, a region of  north-western Italy  . The languages of the Italian peninsula in the 3rd century BC. J.-C.. In pink, languages of non-Indo-European origins. The N4 zone in purple corresponding to the Ligurian ethnic group. It is between the Var rivers in the West, the Po in the North, and the Magra in the East. Roman Liguria, between the rivers of Var in the West, of Po in the North, and of Magra in the East. In pre-Roman times, the Ligurians occupied  present-day Italian regions of Liguria, Piedmont south of the Po river and north-western Tuscany, and the French region of PACA. However, it is generally believed that around 2000 BC, the Ligurians occupied a much larger area, including much of north-western Italy up to all of northern Tuscany  north of the Arno river  , southern France and presumably part of modern Catalonia , in the north-east of Iberian URL Villar, Los Indoeuropeos y los origines de Europa: lenguaje e historia, Madrid, Gredos, 1991,"Ligures en España" Martín Almagro Basch
Map of Cisalpine Gaul showing the approximate distributions of Celtic populations in the area during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.220px|Iron Age groups within the Italian peninsula. Liguria is located in the upper left corner of the map.|alt= The Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians; Greek: ) were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy , is named . The languages of the Italian peninsula in the 3rd century BC. J.-C.. In pink, languages of non-Indo-European origins. The N4 zone in purple corresponding to the Ligurian ethnic group. It is between the Var rivers in the West, the Po in the North, and the Magra in the East. Roman Liguria, between the rivers of Var in the West, of Po in the North, and of Magra in the East. In pre-Roman times, the Ligurians occupied , at a minimum, the present-day Italian region of Liguria, Piedmont south of the Po river and north-western Tuscany, and the French region of PACA. However, it is generally believed that around 2000 BC, the Ligurians occupied a much larger area, including much of north-western Italy , all of northern Tuscany (the part that lies north of the Arno river ) , southern France , and a portion of what today is Catalonia (in the north-eastern corner of the Iberian URL Villar, Los Indoeuropeos y los origines de Europa: lenguaje e historia, Madrid, Gredos, 1991,"Ligures en España" Martín Almagro Basch
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