Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux (; br, Sant-Albin-ar-C'hestell) is a
commune
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in the
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population o ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in western
France
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The village is located in the northwestern part of the commune on the right bank of the river
Chère
The Chère (; br, Kaer) is a long river in the Loire-Atlantique and Ille-et-Vilaine ''départements'', northwestern France. Its source is at Soudan. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Vilaine into which it flows between Pier ...