Blignicourt
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Blignicourt | |
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 Blignicourt Town hall | |
 Location of Blignicourt | |
  Blignicourt Location within France  Blignicourt Location within Grand Est | |
| Coordinates: 48°27′45″N 4°31′59″E / 48.4625°N 4.5331°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Aube |
| Arrondissement | Bar-sur-Aube |
| Canton | Brienne-le-Château |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Laurent |
Area 1 | 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 40 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 10047 /10500 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Blignicourt (French pronunciation: [bliɲikuʁ]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 89 | — |
| 1975 | 64 | −4.60% |
| 1982 | 61 | −0.68% |
| 1990 | 58 | −0.63% |
| 1999 | 55 | −0.59% |
| 2007 | 50 | −1.18% |
| 2012 | 41 | −3.89% |
| 2017 | 40 | −0.49% |
| 2023 | 40 | +0.00% |
| Source: INSEE | ||
Climate
As of 2000, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C (50.9 °F), with an annual temperature range of 16 °C. The average annual cumulative precipitation is 762 mm (30 inches), with 11.6 days of precipitation in January and 8.4 days in July. In the nearby commune of Mathaux, 11 km away, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C, with a maximum temperature recorded temperature of 41.5 °C, reached on 25 July 2019; the minimum temperature was −18 °C, reached on 2 January 1997.
Geography
Categorization
As of 1 January 2024, Blignicourt is categorized as a rural commune, located outside of any major urban area. The commune is part of the larger Brienne-le-Château area, of which it is a suburban commune. This area, which includes 30 communes, has less than 50,000 inhabitants.
Land use
The commune is located within the Seine-Normandy basin. The vast majority of the land is used for agriculture, though this figure is declining (88.2% in 2018 versus 95.5% in 1990). The detailed breakdown as of 2018 is as follows: arable land (75.4%), heterogeneous land (12.9%), mines, landfills and construction sites (7.3%), forests (4.5%).[citation needed]
Sights
- Saint-Barthélémy (Saint Bartholomew's) Church, with historic Champagne-style tiling.
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Daniel Joly, Thierry Brossard, Hervé Cardot, Jean Cavailhes, Mohamed Hilal et Pierre Wavresky, Cybergéo. European Journal of Geography, no 501, 18 June 2010. Accessed 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Météo-France, Station Météo-France Mathaux-Étape, 2020, on donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Accessed 27 January 2024.
- ↑ SIGES Seine-Normandie. "BLIGNICOURT".
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