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Saint-Ghislain Saint-Guilagne (Picard)
Municipality
Saint-Ghislain: the former town hall (1752), the new church, and the tower of the old church (16th century)
FlagCoat of arms
Location of Saint-Ghislain
Saint-GhislainLocation in Belgium Location of Saint-Ghislain in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°27′N 03°49′E / 50.450°N 3.817°E / 50.450; 3.817
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Mons
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Olivier (PS)
• Governing party/ies	PS - MR & Citoyens
Area
• Total	70.59 km (27.25 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23,335
• Density	330/km (860/sq mi)
Postal codes	7330-7334
NIS code	53070
Area codes	065
Website	www.saint-ghislain.be

Saint-Ghislain (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡilɛ̃] ; Picard: Saint-Guilagne; Walloon: Sint-Guilin) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 23,335 inhabitants. The total area is 70.18 square kilometres (27.10 sq mi), giving a population density of 333 inhabitants per square kilometre (860/sq mi).

The municipality consists of the following districts: Baudour, Hautrage, Neufmaison, Saint-Ghislain, Sirault, Tertre et Villerot.

History

The town is named after Saint Ghislain. In the 7th century, with two unknown disciples Ghislain made a clearing in the vicinity of Castrilocus (now Mons), later taking up his abode at a place called Ursidongus, where he built an oratory or chapel dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. Ursidongus was later named after him.

Economy

Google chose Saint-Ghislain in 2007 to host its new major European datacenter.

People born in Saint-Ghislain

• Johannes Ockeghem, composer (between 1410 and 1425)

Twin towns

• Saint-Lô, France (since 1961)
• Sierakowice, Poland (since 2005)

References

1. "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. "Site officiel de la ville de Saint-Lô - Jumelages". saint-lo.fr. Ville de Saint-Lô. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
3. "Jumelages — Ville de Saint-Ghislain". saint-ghislain.be. Ville de Saint-Ghislain. Retrieved June 11, 2024. En 2005, lors des festivités de l'Ascension, les liens d'amitié avec la Ville de Sierakowice en Pologne ont été officialisés à Saint-Ghislain.

External links

• Media related to Saint-Ghislain at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Places adjacent to Saint-Ghislain
Chièvres Jurbise Belœil Bernissart Saint-Ghislain Mons Hensies Boussu, Quaregnon

v t e Municipalities in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Ath	Ath Belœil Bernissart Brugelette Chièvres Ellezelles Enghien Flobecq Frasnes-lez-Anvaing Lessines Silly
Charleroi	Aiseau-Presles Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont Charleroi Châtelet Courcelles Farciennes Fleurus Fontaine-l'Évêque Gerpinnes Les Bons Villers Montigny-le-Tilleul Pont-à-Celles
La Louvière	Binche Estinnes La Louvière Morlanwelz
Mons	Boussu Colfontaine Dour Frameries Hensies Honnelles Jurbise Lens Mons (Capital) Quaregnon Quévy Quiévrain Saint-Ghislain
Soignies	Braine-le-Comte Écaussinnes Le Rœulx Manage Soignies Seneffe
Thuin	Anderlues Beaumont Chimay Erquelinnes Froidchapelle Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes Lobbes Merbes-le-Château Momignies Sivry-Rance Thuin
Tournai-Mouscron	Antoing Brunehaut Celles Comines-Warneton Estaimpuis Leuze-en-Hainaut Mont-de-l'Enclus Mouscron Pecq Péruwelz Rumes Tournai
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