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Sint-Gillis

Saint-Gilles

Saint-Gilles or Sint-Gillis 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 , , and .
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  • Type: Town with 49,800 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  • Also known as: “1060 Brussels”, “Commune de Saint-Gilles”, “Gemeente Sint-Gillis (bij Brussel)”, “Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis”, “Saint-Gilles, Belgium”, and “Sint-Gillis”
  • Postal code: 1060
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grand Place and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Square
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The or Grote Markt is the central of , Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices; the city's Flamboyant , and the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, containing the .

Museum
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The are a group of art museums in , Belgium. They are part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office and consist of six museums: the , the , the , the Modern Museum, the Antoine Wiertz Museum and the Constantin Meunier Museum.

Railway station
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, also known as Brussels-Midi railway station, is a major railway station in , Belgium. Geographically, it is located in Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis on the border with the adjacent municipality of and just south of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brussels and Pentagon.

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is the capital of and one of the three administrative regions within the country, together with and . Apart from its role within its country, it is also an internationally important city, hosting numerous international institutions, and in particular the headquarters of NATO and the core institutions of the European Union.

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The is the historical center of . It derives its name from the pentagonal shape of the inner beltway that surrounds the area. The of Brussels encompasses many charming and beautiful attractions, with deeply ornate buildings on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, and a fish-and-crustacean overdose of St.

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The is the historic of , including the world's most beautiful town square, the Grand-Place which is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Saint-Gilles

Latitude
50.825° or 50° 49′ 30″ north
Longitude
4.3455° or 4° 20′ 44″ east
Population
49,800
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE SGI
Open location code
9F26R8FW+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26032499
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2787413
Wiki­data ID
Q237674
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Saint-Gilles” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Basque: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Belarusian: “Сен-Жыль”
  • Breton: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Bulgarian: “Сен Жил”
  • Bulgarian: “Синт Гилис”
  • Catalan: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Catalan: “Saint-Gillois(e)”
  • Catalan: “Sint-Gillis-Obbrussel”
  • Cebuano: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Chechen: “Сен-Жиль”
  • Chinese: “圣吉尔”
  • Chinese: “圣希利斯”
  • Chinese: “聖希利斯”
  • Croatian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Croatian: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Danish: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Dutch: “Commune de Saint-Gilles”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Sint-Gillis (bij Brussel)”
  • Dutch: “Obbrussel”
  • Dutch: “Opbrussel”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Gillis-Obbrussel”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Esperanto: “Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis”
  • Esperanto: “Saint-Gilles-lez-Bruxelles”
  • Esperanto: “Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis”
  • Esperanto: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Esperanto: “Sint-Gillis-Obbrussel”
  • Esperanto: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Estonian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • French: “1060 Bruxelles”
  • French: “Commune de Saint-Gilles”
  • French: “Gemeente Sint-Gillis (bij Brussel)”
  • French: “Saint-Gilles”
  • French: “Sint-Gillis”
  • French: “St-Gillis”
  • Galician: “Saint-Gilles, Bruxelas”
  • Galician: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Galician: “Sint-Gillis”
  • German: “Saint-Gilles”
  • German: “Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis”
  • German: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Greek: “Σαιν-Ζιλ-λε-Μπρυσέλ”
  • Greek: “Σαιν-Ζιλ”
  • Greek: “Σιντ-Γκίλις”
  • Hebrew: “סן-ז’יל”
  • Hungarian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Indonesian: “Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis”
  • Indonesian: “Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis”
  • Indonesian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Indonesian: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Irish: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Italian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Japanese: “サン＝ジリ”
  • Japanese: “サン＝ジル”
  • Korean: “생질”
  • Latin: “Sanctus Ægīdius”
  • Limburgan: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Moksha: “Сэн-Жиль”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Norwegian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Saint-Gilles”
  • Persian: “سن-ژی”
  • Persian: “سن-ژیل”
  • Polish: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Polish: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Portuguese: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Portuguese: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Romanian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Russian: “Сен-Жиль”
  • Russian: “Синт-Гиллис”
  • Scots: “Saint-Gilles, Belgium”
  • Scots: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Serbian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Serbian: “Sen Žil”
  • Serbian: “Сен Жил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Silesian: “Saint-Gilles (Belgijo)”
  • Silesian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Slovak: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Slovak: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Slovenian: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Spanish: “Saint Gilles”
  • Spanish: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Spanish: “Sint Gillis”
  • Spanish: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Gilles, Belgien”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Swedish: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Turkish: “1060 Brüksel”
  • Turkish: “1060 Brussel”
  • Turkish: “1060 Bruxelles”
  • Turkish: “Saint Gilles”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Gilles, Belçika”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Turkish: “Sint Gillis”
  • Turkish: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Жіль”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ-گلیس، بیلجیم”
  • Volapük: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Volapük: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Walloon: “Haut-Bruxelles”
  • Walloon: “Obbrussel”
  • Walloon: “Opbrussel”
  • Walloon: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Walloon: “Sint-Djîle-dilé-Brussele”
  • Walloon: “Sint-Djîle”
  • Walloon: “Sint-Gillis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint-Gilles, Belhika”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint-Gilles”
  • Welsh: “Saint-Gilles”
  • Zeeuws: “Sint-Gillis”

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