Saint-Aubin, Essonne

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Coordinates: 48°42′51″N 2°08′33″E / 48.71417, 2.1425

Commune of Saint-Aubin

The synchrotron SOLEIL
Location
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Coordinates 48°42′51″N 2°08′33″E / 48.71417, 2.1425
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Palaiseau
Canton Bièvres
Intercommunality CA du Plateau de Saclay
Mayor Gaëtan De Guillebon
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 90 m–164 m
Land area¹ 3.57 km²
Population²
(1999)
694
 - Density 194/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 91538/ 91190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Saint-Aubin is a village and a commune in the Essonne département, in the French region of Île-de-France.

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In the neighbourhood of Saclay and Orsay, Saint-Aubin is the home of two sites of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA). The synchrotron SOLEIL, a collaboration between CEA and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), is also located here, south of the village.

[edit] Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 694. The estimate for 2007 was 641.

Inhabitants of Saint-Aubin are known as Saint-Aubinois.

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