Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (; ) is a

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in the

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.

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in northwestern

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Geography

Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier is located at northeast of

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

and south of

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. The bordering communes are

Mézières-sur-Couesnon Mézières-sur-Couesnon (, literally ''Mézières on Couesnon''; ; Gallo: ''Maézierr'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Mézières-sur-Couesnon is located northeast of Rennes and ...

Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon (, literally ''Saint-Jean on Couesnon''; br, Sant-Yann-ar-C'houenon) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-d ...

Saint-Georges-de-Chesné Saint-Georges-de-Chesné (; br, Sant-Jord-Kadeneg) is a former commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rives-du-Couesnon.Mecé Mecé (; ; Gallo: ''Meczaé'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Mecé are called ''Mecéens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The ...

Livré-sur-Changeon Livré-sur-Changeon (; Gallo: ''Livraé'', br, Liverieg-Kenton) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Livré-sur-Changeon are called in French ''livréens''. See also ...

Liffré Liffré (, Gallo: ''Lifrei'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is in the center of the region. Politics and administration Population Inhabitants of Liffré are called ''Liffréens'' in ...

Gosné Gosné (; ; Gallo: ''Gosnae'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. International relations It is twinned with Ballyheigue in County Kerry, Ireland. Population Inhabitants of Gosné are called '' ...

Ercé-près-Liffré Ercé-près-Liffré (, literally ''Ercé near Liffré''; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is about 20 km northeast of Rennes. Population Inhabitants of Ercé-près-Liffré are called ...

, and

Gahard Gahard (; ; Gallo: ''Gahard'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Gahard are called ''Gahardais'' in French. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department Th ...

History

The area is most notable for the 1488 Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, the decisive conflict of the '' guerre folle'' between rebellious feudal aristocrats and the French king. The rebels sought to resist the concentration of power in Paris and retain regional feudal independence. The combined rebel forces were defeated, paving the way for the creation of a unified French state. The area was also the site of conflict during the

Chouannerie The Chouannerie (from the Chouan brothers, two of its leaders) was a royalist uprising or counter-revolution in twelve of the western ''départements'' of France, particularly in the provinces of Brittany and Maine, against the First Republ ...

, anti-Revolutionary insurrections in the 1790s.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier are called ''saint-aubinais'' in French.

References

External links

Official site

Geography of Brittany
* Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine {{IlleVilaine-geo-stub