Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail

Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail (Breton: Sant-Albin-ar-Pavez) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Châteaugiron.[2]

Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail Sant-Albin-ar-Pavez
Part of Châteaugiron
The centre of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
Location of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
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Coordinates: 48°02′40″N 1°27′37″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Châteaugiron
Commune	Châteaugiron
Area ^1	5.83 km^2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	824
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

Sights

• The church of Saint-Aubin (12th-16th-17th-18th-19th centuries). The two chapels forming the 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
• several wayside crosses
• the old presbytery (1884–1885)
• Gallo-Roman remains are found in the hamlets Le Gacel, 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 (about 1513), Angennes (about 1583), Morais (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

Population

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1794	577	—
1798	530	−8.1%
1800	591	+11.5%
1804	564	−4.6%
1806	585	+3.7%
1820	617	+5.5%
1826	659	+6.8%
1831	632	−4.1%
1836	625	−1.1%
1841	619	−1.0%
1846	612	−1.1%
1851	566	−7.5%
1856	572	+1.1%
1861	539	−5.8%
1866	534	−0.9%
1872	522	−2.2%
1876	506	−3.1%
1881	449	−11.3%
1886	454	+1.1%
1891	424	−6.6%
1896	403	−5.0%
1901	393	−2.5%
1906	373	−5.1%
1911	355	−4.8%
1921	332	−6.5%
1926	336	+1.2%
1931	333	−0.9%
1936	333	+0.0%
1946	300	−9.9%
1954	297	−1.0%
1962	310	+4.4%
1968	300	−3.2%
1975	311	+3.7%
1982	442	+42.1%
1990	497	+12.4%
1999	591	+18.9%
2009	743	+25.7%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 13 June 2016 (in French)

External links

• Cultural heritage (in French)