Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | |
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Location of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier  | |
  Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier  Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | |
| Coordinates:48°15′37″N1°23′51″W / 48.2603°N 1.3975°W /48.2603; -1.3975 | |
| 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 (2022)[2] | 4,145 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/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. | |
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃dykɔʁmje];Gallo:Grand'Saent Aubin,Breton:Sant-Albin-an-Hiliber) is acommune in theIlle-et-Vilainedepartment inBrittany in northwesternFrance.
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier is located at 29 km (18 mi) northeast ofRennes and 49 km (30 mi) south ofMont Saint-Michel.
The bordering communes areMézières-sur-Couesnon,Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon,Saint-Georges-de-Chesné,Mecé,Livré-sur-Changeon,Liffré,Gosné,Ercé-près-Liffré, andGahard.
The area is most notable for the 1488Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, the decisive conflict of theguerre 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 theChouannerie, anti-Revolutionary insurrections in the 1790s.
Inhabitants of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier are calledsaint-aubinais in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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