Jublains

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Coordinates: 48°15′26″N 0°29′38″W / 48.2572222222, -0.493888888889

Administration
Commune of Jublains
Location

Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Canton of Bais
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Mayenne
Mayor	Pierrick Tranchevent (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	104 m–190 m
Land area^¹	36.01 km²
Population^² (1999)	699
- Density	19/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	53122/ 53160
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Jublains is a commune in the department of Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France. Jublains, formerly spelled Jubleins, is the site of ancient Noeodunum (also spelled Noiodunum or Noviodunum), the capital of the ancient Gallic tribe of the Diablintes, later occupied and settled by Romans and called Civitas Diablintum. Noeodunum (Νοιόδουνον in Greek language sources), was the chief city of the Diablintes, or of the Aulircii Diaulitae, as the name appears in the Greek texts of Ptolemy (ii. 8. § 7). There is no doubt that the old Gallic name of the town was exchanged for that of the people, Diablintes - which Civitas Diablintum. In a middle age document, referred to by D'Anville, the town's name is written Jublent, and hence comes the corrupted name Jublains. Jublains is a small place not far from Mayenne, where some Roman remains have been discovered.

A name "Nudionnum" occurs in the Theodosian Table between Araegenus (modern Vieux in Calvados) and Subdinnum (modern Le Mans), and it is marked as a capital town. It appears to be the Noeodunum of the Diablintes, hence Jublains.