Saint-Aubin, Essonne

Saint-Aubin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Saint-Aubin
Commune
Location of Saint-Aubin
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Coordinates: 48°42′55″N 2°08′28″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Gif-sur-Yvette
Intercommunality	CA Paris-Saclay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre-Alexandre Mouret[1]
Area 1	3.57 km2 (1.38 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	671
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91538 /91190
Elevation	90–164 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

• Communes of the Essonne department