| Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail | |
| Native Name: | Sant-Albin-ar-Pavez |
| Coordinates: | 48.0444°N -1.4603°W |
| Arrondissement: | Rennes |
| Canton: | Châteaugiron |
| Commune: | Châteaugiron |
| Insee: | 35254 |
| Postal Code: | 35410 |
| Elevation M: | 57 |
| Elevation Min M: | 50 |
| Elevation Max M: | 76 |
| Area Km2: | 5.83 |
| Population: | 851 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail (in French pronounced as /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.[2]
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.
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.
Inhabitants of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail are called saint-aubinais in French.