What is Saint-Gilles, Belgium?
{{Infobox Belgium Municipality |namefr=Saint-Gilles |namenl=Sint-Gillis |picture= |picture-width= 260px |picture-legend= |map=Sint-GillisLocatie.png |map-legend=Saint-Gilles municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region |arms=Coat of arms of Saint-Gilles.svg |flag=Flag of Saint-Gilles-lez-Bruxelles.svg |flag_link=Symbols of Brussels#Municipalities |arms_link=Symbols of Brussels#Municipalities |region={{BE-REG-BRU}} |community={{BE-FR}}<br />{{BE-NL}} |province= |arrondissement=Brussels |nis=21013 |pyramid-date= |0-19= |20-64= |65= |foreigners= |foreigners-date= |mayor= [[Charles Picqué]] ([[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]]) |majority= |postal-codes=1060 |telephone-area=02 |web=[http://www.stgillis.irisnet.be/ www.stgillis.irisnet.be] |lat_deg=50 |lat_min=49 |lon_deg=04 |lon_min=21 }} '''Saint-Gilles''' (in French) or '''Sint-Gillis''' (in Dutch) is one of the nineteen [[Municipalities in Belgium|municipalities]] in the [[Brussels-Capital Region]] of [[Belgium]]. In 1830, Brussels became the capital of newly founded Belgium. As a result, the rural village of Saint-Gilles went through a big growth. The population went from 2,500 around 1800 to more than 33,000 in 1880 to a peak of 60,000 in 1910. The pattern of the streets was completely remodeled in the 1860s by [[architect]] and [[Urban planning|urbanist]] Victor Besme. These were the years when the Louise Avenue, the [[Brussels-South railway station]], and the new [[Saint Giles]] church were built. They were soon followed by the new jail and city hall. Today, Saint-Gilles is one of the densest municipalities of the Brussels [[agglomeration]]. ==Sights== [[Image:Saint-Gilles Brunfaut 050810 (15).JPG|thumb|left|[[Art Nouveau]] house designed by [[Jules Brunfaut]]|250px]] *Particular architectural delights are found in the dozen or more [[Art Nouveau]] houses designed by masters such as [[Victor Horta|Horta]], Struyvens, and [[Paul Hankar|Hankar]]. The house that Horta designed for himself, now the [[Horta Museum]], is there, on Rue Americaine/Amerikaansestr