Saint-Gobain | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Saint-Gobain.svg |
Arrondissement: | Laon |
Canton: | Tergnier |
Insee: | 02680 |
Postal Code: | 02410 |
Mayor: | Frédéric Mathieu[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère |
Coordinates: | 49.5967°N 3.3759°W |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Elevation Min M: | 53 |
Elevation Max M: | 207 |
Area Km2: | 29.73 |
Saint-Gobain (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ɡɔbɛ̃/) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.[2]
In 1692, a glass factory was built at the village of Saint-Gobain, giving its name to the Saint-Gobain company.[3]
The settlement, attested as Sanctus Gobanus in 1131, is named after the Irish monk Saint Gobain. Gobanus is a Latinized form of the Celtic personal name Gobanos, meaning 'smith'.