Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
Commune in Brittany, France
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Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ dy kɔʁmje]; Gallo: Grand'Saent Aubin, Breton: Sant-Albin-an-Hiliber) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
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Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
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The church of Saint-Aubin, in Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | |
  Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier  Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | |
| Coordinates: 48°15′37″N 1°23′51″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Rennes |
| Canton | Fougères-1 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jérôme Bégasse[1] |
Area 1 | 27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,203 |
| • Density | 153.3/km2 (397.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35253 /35140 |
| Elevation | 54–123 m (177–404 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier is located at 29 km (18 mi) northeast of Rennes and 49 km (30 mi) south of Mont Saint-Michel.
The bordering communes are Mézières-sur-Couesnon, Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon, Saint-Georges-de-Chesné, Mecé, Livré-sur-Changeon, Liffré, Gosné, Ercé-près-Liffré, and Gahard.
History
The area is most notable for the 1488 Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, the decisive conflict of the guerre folle between the Duke of Brittany, at the time still independent, and the French king. The Duke Of Brittany Francois II was openly pro England and sought to resist the King of France’s repeated attempts to put an end to Brittany’s independence. Brittany’s forces were defeated, paving the way for the subsequent integration of Brittany into the French kingdom (through the forced marriage of Duchess Anne to the king of France).
The area was also the site of conflict during the Chouannerie, anti-Revolutionary insurrections in the 1790s.
Population
Inhabitants of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier are called saint-aubinais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,714 | — |
| 1975 | 1,776 | +0.51% |
| 1982 | 2,235 | +3.34% |
| 1990 | 2,040 | −1.13% |
| 1999 | 2,746 | +3.36% |
| 2007 | 3,608 | +3.47% |
| 2012 | 3,570 | −0.21% |
| 2017 | 3,837 | +1.45% |
| 2023 | 4,203 | +1.53% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
