Saint-Gilles, Gard
Saint-Gilles | |
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 West portal of the abbey church | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Gilles  | |
  Saint-Gilles  Saint-Gilles | |
| Coordinates: 43°40′43″N 4°25′54″E / 43.6786°N 4.4317°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| Canton | Saint-Gilles |
| Intercommunality | CA Nîmes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Eddy Valadier |
| Area 1 | 153.73 km2 (59.36 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 13,931 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30258 /30800 |
| Elevation | 0–116 m (0–381 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Gilles is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Gard department in south France.
The abbey of Saint-Gilles was founded during the 7th century traditionally by the hermit Saint Giles (Latin: Ægidius).
It was the birthplace of Guy Foulques, Pope Clement IV (died 1268), whose birth house is now a museum of the archaeology, ethnology and ornithology of the Camargue.
Twin towns
[change | change source]Saint-Gilles is twinned with:
Altopascio, Italy
Abensberg, Germany
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
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