Saint-Gilles, Belgium
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Saint-Gilles (French, pronoonced [sɛ̃ ˈʒil]) or Sint-Gillis (Dutch, pronoonced [sɪnt ˈçɪlɪs] ( listen)) is one of the nineteen municipalities locatit in the Brussels-Caipital Region o Belgium.
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Saint-Gilles, Belgium | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 50°49′N 04°21′E | |
Kintra | Belgium |
Community | Flemish Community French Community |
Region | Brussels |
Arrondissement | Brussels |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Charles Picqué (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2017)[1] | |
• Total | 50,471 |
• Density | 20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 1060 |
Area codes | 02 |
Website | www.stgillis.irisnet.be |
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Saint-Gilles haes a multicultural identity stemmin frae its diverse population. For example, the central square (French: Place Van Meenen, Dutch: Van Meenenplein) hosts the annual festival o Brussels' Portuguese community. The hoosin stock varies frae semi-derelict tenements near the Brussels-South railway station in the north, tae elegant patrician hooses on the soothren borders wi Uccle an Ixelles, tae tourist hotels at the inner end o the Chaussée de Charleroi/Charleroisesteenweg.