Saint-Christophe-de-Valains is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 department in Brittany in north-western France

France

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Saint-Christophe-de-Valains comes from Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher

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, patron saint

Patron saint

A patron saint is a saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person...

 of travelers and Valains, fief of Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon

Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon

Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon is located on the Couesnon River 33 km northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel....

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Geography

Saint-Christophe-de-Valains is located at 37 km (23 mi) in the North-East of Rennes

Rennes

Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...

 and at 35 km (21.7 mi) in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches...

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The communes bordering are Chauvigné

Chauvigné

Chauvigné is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Chauvigné is located at northeast of Rennes and south of the Mont Saint-Michel....

, Le Tiercent

Le Tiercent

Le Tiercent is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Le Tiercent is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel....

, Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux

Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux

Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel....

 and Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon

Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon

Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.-Geography:Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon is located on the Couesnon River 33 km northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel....

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Monuments and attractions

• Parish
  Parish
  A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
  
   Church of the 15th century.
• Castle
  Castle
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   of La Bélinaye 17th century.
• Liberty
  Liberty
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   Oak
  Oak
  An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
  
   in La Basse-Haye.
• Valley
  Valley
  In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...
  
  of "La Minette".

External links

• Official website : Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Christophe-de-Valains
• Geography of Brittany
• A history of local French Resistance during the World War II.
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
• The data base Mérimée - the French architectural heritage