Saint-Aaron

Saint-Aaron () is a village in the commune of

Lamballe Lamballe (; ; Gallo: ''Lanball'') is a town and a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Lamballe-Armor. It lies on the river Gouessant east ...

, in

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

, a region of

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. Having originally be settled by the Celtic Bretons, it is named after the Celtic Saint

Aaron of Aleth Aaron of Aleth (died after 552), also called ''Saint Aihran'' or ''Eran'' in Breton, was a hermit, monk and abbot at a monastery on Cézembre, a small island near Aleth, opposite Saint-Malo in Brittany, France. Some sources suggest he may have ...

, who was born somewhere in

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or perhaps

. Saint-Aaron is 5 km northeast of Lamballe town centre, and 20 km east of

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton language, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo language, Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. History ...

. Villages in Brittany {{CôtesArmor-geo-stub