Saint-Aubin, Essonne

Saint-Aubin is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Saint-Aubin
The synchrotron SOLEIL
Location of Saint-Aubin
Saint-Aubin
Saint-Aubin
Coordinates: 48°42′55″N 2°08′28″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementPalaiseau
CantonGif-sur-Yvette
IntercommunalityCA Paris-Saclay
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gaëtan De Guillebon
Area
1
3.57 km2 (1.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
703
  Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91538 /91190
Elevation90–164 m (295–538 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Research activity

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.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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