Saint-Gilles, Ille-et-Vilaine

Commune in Brittany, France

Saint-Gilles Saent-Jill (Gallo) Sant-Jill-Roazhon (Breton)
Commune
The church of Saint-Gilles
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gilles
(2020–2026)		Philippe Thébault^[1]
Area ¹	20.72 km² (8.00 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	5,402
• Density	260/km² (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35275 /35590
Elevation	34–96 m (112–315 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Gilles (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒil]; Breton: Sant-Jili-Roazhon; Gallo: Saent-Jill) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Gilles are called saint-gillois in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,137	—
1975	1,916	+7.74%
1982	2,808	+5.61%
1990	3,059	+1.08%
1999	3,463	+1.39%
2007	3,549	+0.31%
2012	3,848	+1.63%
2017	4,984	+5.31%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Gilles (Ille-et-Vilaine).

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association (in French)