Saint-Gilles, Gard

Saint-Gilles is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Gard 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 twinned with:
  Altopascio, Italy
  Abensberg, Germany

 References 

Category:Communes in Gard