What is Saint-Gilles, Gard?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Saint-Gilles |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = West church portal in St-Gilles-du-Gard.jpg |caption = West portal of the abbey church |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Saint-Gilles (30).svg |arrondissement = Nîmes |canton = Saint-Gilles |INSEE = 30258 |postal code = 30800 |mayor = Eddy Valadier |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté d'agglomération Nîmes Métropole|CA Nîmes Métropole]] |coordinates = {{coord|43.6786|4.4317|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 7 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 116 |area km2 = 153.73 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Saint-Gilles''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is in [[Occitanie]] in the [[Gard]] [[Departments of France|department]] in south [[France]]. The [[abbey of Saint-Gilles]] was founded during the 7th century traditionally by the [[hermit]] [[Saint Giles]] ([[Latin]]: ''Ægidius''). It was the birthplace of Guy Foulques, [[Pope Clement IV]] (died 1268), whose birth house is now a museum of the archaeology, ethnology and ornithology of the Camargue. == Twin towns == Saint-Gilles is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with: * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Altopascio]], Italy * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Abensberg]], Germany == References == {{reflist}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Gard]]