Saint-Gilles (Ille-et-Vilaine)
Saint-Gilles Sant-Jili-Roazhon |
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region | Brittany | |
Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
Arrondissement | Rennes | |
Canton | Melesse | |
Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 9 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ W | |
height | 34-96 m | |
surface | 20.72 km 2 | |
Residents | 4,984 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 241 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 35590 | |
INSEE code | 35275 | |
Website | http://www.saint-gilles35.fr/ | |
Saint-Gilles Church |
Saint-Gilles ( Breton : Sant-Jili-Roazhon ) is a French municipality with 4984 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Rennes and the canton of Melesse . The inhabitants are called Saintgillois (es) .
geography
Saint-Gilles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Clayes and Parthenay-de-Bretagne in the north, Gévezé in the northeast, Pacé in the east, L'Hermitage in the south and southeast, La Chapelle-Thouarault in the south, Breteil in the west and southwest and Pleumeleuc in the northeast .
The National Route 12 runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
Residents | 1,160 | 1,137 | 1.916 | 2,808 | 3,059 | 3,463 | 3,543 | 3.815 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Gilles (Ille-et-Vilaine)
- Saint-Gilles Church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 1018-1019.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Gilles - Collection of images, videos and audio files