Blignicourt () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Population
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.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. 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.Météo-France, Station Météo-France Mathaux-Étape, 2020, on donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Accessed 27 January 2024.
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%).
Sights
Saint-Barthélémy (Saint Bartholomew's) Church, with historic Champagne-style tiling.
See also Communes of the Aube department
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