Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail

Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
Sant-Albin-ar-Pavez

The centre of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail

Coordinates: 48°02′40″N 1°27′37″W / 48.0444°N 1.4603°W / 48.0444; -1.4603Coordinates: 48°02′40″N 1°27′37″W / 48.0444°N 1.4603°W / 48.0444; -1.4603
Country France
Region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Rennes
Canton Châteaugiron
Intercommunality Pays de Châteaugiron
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Jean-Pierre Petermann
Area1 5.83 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 743
  Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 35254 / 35410
Elevation 50–76 m (164–249 ft)
(avg. 57 m or 187 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: 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 in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern 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.

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 Abbey of 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 the lords of Boisorcan, who linked it with their châtellenie in 1583.

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Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail are called saint-aubinais in French.

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