Châteaugiron

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Châteaugiron

Total population

10,518

Founded

2017

Land area23.52 km²

Coordinates48.05°, -1.50°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Châteaugiron is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. It extended on 1 January 2017 by merging with the former communes of Saint-Aubin-du-Pavail and Ossé. Châteaugiron castle dates from the 12th century, and now houses the town hall. Its oldest part is the apse of the chapel; the keep dates from the 13th-14th century.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jean Jouzel

French climatologist and glaciologist

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Pál Faragó

Hungarian chess composer (1886–1969)

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Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux

Catholic bishop (1916–2009)

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Pierre-Aristide Bréal

French screenwriter and playwright (1905-1990)

Alfred Houget

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François-Joseph Leguay

French aristocrat (1764–1812)

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François Gérault

French politician

Hervé Gauthier

French footballer and manager

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Joseph Constant Amédée Conrad Berthois

French politician (1775-1832)

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Julien Gourdel

French sculptor (1804-1846)

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Léon-Paul Ménard

French road bicycle racer (1946–1993)

Léon Letort

Pioneer aviator

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Léon Thébault

French politician (1893-1971)

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Maurice Drouet

French politician (1924-2014)

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Philippe Helbert

French association football player

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Pierre Gourdel

French sculptor (1824–1892)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bretagne

• Domloup
  1.4 mi away · pop. 3,801
• Ossé
  2.5 mi away
• Vern-sur-Seiche
  4.7 mi away · pop. 8,233
• Bourgbarré
  6.4 mi away · pop. 4,580
• Moulins
  6.8 mi away · pop. 714
• Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine
  8.1 mi away · pop. 1,370
• Orgères
  8.3 mi away · pop. 5,471
• La Bouëxière
  9.8 mi away · pop. 4,563
• Maison-Blanche
  9.9 mi away
• Saulnières
  10 mi away · pop. 795
• Saint-Grégoire
  11.1 mi away · pop. 9,837
• Laillé
  11.1 mi away · pop. 5,131

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Châteaugiron

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Sloe Bug

Dolycoris baccarum

Seen 2026-09-27

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-09-27

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-27

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-27

Nosy Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium nasatum

Seen 2026-09-27

common greenshield lichen

Flavoparmelia caperata

Seen 2026-09-27

Wood Cricket

Nemobius sylvestris

Seen 2026-09-26

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers