Saint-Ghislain
Template:For Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Saint-Ghislain (Template:IPA; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) 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 Template:Convert, giving a population density of Template:Convert.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Baudour, Hautrage, Neufmaison, Saint-Ghislain, Sirault, Tertre et Villerot.
History
[edit]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
[edit]Google chose Saint-Ghislain in 2007 to host its new major European datacenter.
People born in Saint-Ghislain
[edit]- Johannes Ockeghem, composer (between 1410 and 1425)
Twin towns
[edit]- Template:Flagicon Saint-Lô, France (since 1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Sierakowice, Poland (since 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
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