Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail

Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ dy pavaj]; 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.

Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail Sant-Albin-ar-Pavez
Part of Châteaugiron
The centre of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
Location of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail
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 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	851
• Density	150/km2 (380/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 km2 (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%

Year Pop. ±% 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

External links

• Cultural heritage (in French)