Saint-Gilles or

Saint Giles Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly lege ...

(c. 650 – c. 710) was a Greek Christian hermit saint. Saint-Gilles may also refer to:

Belgium

Saint-Gilles, Belgium ( French, ) or (Dutch, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the southern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Anderlecht, Forest and Ixelles. In common with all of Bruss ...

, a municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region

Canada

Saint-Gilles, Quebec Saint-Gilles is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,910 as of the Canada 2021 Census. Name Saint-Gilles is named after the ''seigneurie In Eng ...

, a parish in Quebec * Val-Saint-Gilles, Quebec, a municipality in Quebec

France

Saint-Gilles, Gard Saint-Gilles (; Provençal: ''Sant Geli''; en, St. Giles) or Saint-Gilles-du-Gard is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the second most populous commune in the Nîmes metropolitan area. History The abbey of Saint-Gilles ...

, a commune in the Gard department ** Abbey of Saint-Gilles * Saint-Gilles, Ille-et-Vilaine, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department *

Saint-Gilles, Indre Saint-Gilles () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The river Abloux forms most of the commune's eastern border. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 communes ...

, a commune in the Indre department *

Saint-Gilles, Manche Saint-Gilles () is a Communes of France, commune in the Manche Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in north-western France. In 1848 John Ruskin and his new wife, the former Effie Gray, visited St Gilles ...

, a commune in the Manche department *

Saint-Gilles, Marne Saint-Gilles () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 613 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following i ...

, a commune in the Marne department *

Saint-Gilles, Saône-et-Loire Saint-Gilles () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 565 communes of the Saône-et-Lo ...

, a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department *

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie () is a commune in the Vendée department, region of Pays de la Loire, western France. It is situated on the Côte de Lumière. The community originated in 1967 from the unification of two communities on either side o ...

, a commune in the Vendée department *

Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D40 with the D ...

, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department *

Saint-Gilles-de-la-Neuville Saint-Gilles-de-la-Neuville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography It is a farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D80 and D324 r ...

, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department *

Saint-Gilles-des-Marais Saint-Gilles-des-Marais () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional N ...

, a commune in the Orne department *

Saint-Gilles-du-Mené Saint-Gilles-du-Mené (; br, Sant-Jili-ar-Menez; Gallo: ''Saent-Jill'') is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Mené.Saint-Gilles-les-Bois Saint-Gilles-les-Bois (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Gilles-les-Bois are called ''saint-gillois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor dep ...

, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department *

Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts (; oc, Sent Geris) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes o ...

, a commune in the Haute-Vienne department *

Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux are called ''saint-gillois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor dep ...

, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department *

Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population People from Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché are called ''saint-gillois'' in French. See also *Communes of the Côtes-d'Arm ...

, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department *

Saint-Gilles, Réunion Saint-Gilles is a village located along the west coast of the island of Réunion, in the commune of Saint-Paul. It is the site of the island's most popular seaside resort. Beaches Boucan and Roches Noires are popular surfing spots. The beach ...

, a village in the Réunion island overseas department

People

Léon Péan de Saint-Gilles Léon Péan de Saint-Gilles (4 January 1832 – 22 March 1862) was a French chemist who worked along with Marcellin Berthelot on chemical kinetics and equilibria and attempted a mathematical formulation. Péan de Saint-Gilles was born in a prominen ...

(1832–1862), French chemist

Elsewhere

* Saint Gilles, the name by the Crusaders for

Sinjil Sinjil ( ar, سنجل) is a Palestinian town northeast of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. Location Sinjil is located north-east of Ramallah. It is bordered by Turmus ayya to the east, Al Lubban ash ...

, a Palestinian town on the West Bank