Gilly, Belgium

Gilly (French pronunciation: [ʒili], Walloon: Djilî) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Gilly Djilî
Former municipality of Belgium
Location in the municipality of Charleroi
Gilly Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°24′N 4°26′E
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Hainaut
Municipality	Charleroi
Area
• Total	2.82 sq mi (7.30 km2)
Population  (2001)
• Total	19,468
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6060
Area code	071

It was a municipality of its own before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.

It houses the base of Fédération des Patros, a youth organisation.^[1]

During the 1980s and 1990s it was also the home of an international group of Christian missionaries working with Operation Mobilisation.^{[citation needed]}