Blignicourt
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Blignicourt | |
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 Location of Blignicourt | |
  Blignicourt  Blignicourt | |
| 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[1] |
Area 1 | 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 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 |
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
| 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.
| 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[3] | ||
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.[4] 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 July 25, 2019; the minimum temperature was −18 °C, reached on January 2, 1997.[5]
Geography
Categorization
As of January 1, 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.[6] 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%).
