Saint-Gilles, Ille-et-Vilaine

Saint-Gilles Saent-Jill (Gallo) Sant-Jill-Roazhon (Breton)
Commune
The church of Saint-Gilles
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gilles
Saint-Gilles Saint-Gilles
Coordinates: 48°09′16″N 1°49′28″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
Canton	Melesse
Intercommunality	Rennes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Thébault
Area 1	20.72 km2 (8.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	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

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
• Emmanuel Guérin Sculptor of Saint-Gilles, Ille-et-Vilaine war memorial

External links

• 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)