Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail

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Coordinates: 48°02′40″N 1°27′37″W / 48.04444, -1.46028

Commune of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
Sant-Albin-ar-Pavez
Location
Coordinates	48°02′40″N 1°27′37″W / 48.04444, -1.46028
Administration
Country	France
Region	Bretagne
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Châteaugiron
Intercommunality	CdC du Pays de Châteaugiron
Mayor	Jean-Luc Poussier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	50 m–76 m (avg. 57 m)
Land area¹	5.83 km²
Population² (1999)	591
- Density	101/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	35254/ 35410
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.

Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail (Breton: Sant-Albin-ar-Pavez) is a commune of Brittany, in France.

The name Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail comes from Saint Aubin, bishop of Angers in the 6th century. The term "Pavail" indicates the paving stone of the Gallo-Roman way which crossed the commune.

Contents 1 Administration 2 History 3 Demographics 4 Sites of interest 5 Others 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Administration

Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail belongs to the canton of Châteaugiron, in the arrondissement of Rennes, of Ille-et-Vilaine département.

[edit] History

The church of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail is mentioned for the first time in the mid-11th century: Brient, seigneurs of Chateaubriant, gave the tithe church of Saint-Aubin to the Abbaye de Marmoutier, at the time of the foundation of the priory of Béré. The donation was confirmed in 1217, but the parish of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail is in reality attested only since 1245. It depended formerly on the old bishopric of Rennes. The seigneurie of Saint-Aubin-of-Pavail was the concern of the barony of Châteaugiron. It passes by alliance at the end of 15th century to seigneurs de Boisorcan, who linked it with their châtellenie in 1583.

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail are called Saint-Aubinais.

As of the census of 1999, the village had a population of 591.
The estimation for 2005 was 733.

[edit] Sites of interest

• The church of Saint-Aubin (XII-XVI-XVII-XVIII-XIX centuries). The two vaults making transept were built in the north and the south of the building in respectively the 16th century and in 1607. The nave which shows the dates to be 1607 and 1620 was lengthened in 1853. Two sacristies were built in 1863 and 1864. The bell dates back to 1732. The baptismal font goes back to 1855; the cross (1526), located road of Saint-Aubin; the old presbytery (1884-1885);

[edit] Others

• Gallo-Roman relics are found in several places: in Gacel, in Tébry, Tayée and l'Aubriais; the old manor of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail. Successive property of the Saint-Aubin (in 1427), Pontrouault (in 1478), Thierry, seigneurs de Boisorcan (about 1513), Angennes (about 1583), Morais, seigneurs de Boisorcan (in 1682 and 1718), Martigné (in 1734) families
• the old manor of Touches-Fouquet. Property of the family of Châteaugiron (in 1427 and 1513) and of the Déélin family (in 1660)
• the old manor of Mardeaux

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

[edit] External links

• Cultural heritage (French)