Saint-Gilles, Manche

Coordinates: 49°06′20″N 1°10′27″W / 49.1056°N 1.1742°W / 49.1056; -1.1742
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Saint-Gilles
The village and its church
The village and its church
Coat of arms of Saint-Gilles
Location of Saint-Gilles
Map
Saint-Gilles is located in France
Saint-Gilles
Saint-Gilles
Saint-Gilles is located in Normandy
Saint-Gilles
Saint-Gilles
Coordinates: 49°06′20″N 1°10′27″W / 49.1056°N 1.1742°W / 49.1056; -1.1742
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementSaint-Lô
CantonSaint-Lô-1
IntercommunalitySaint-Lô Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Luc Lerouxel[1]
Area
1
7.84 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
985
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
DemonymSaint-Gillais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50483 /50180
Elevation12–104 m (39–341 ft)
(avg. 101 m or 331 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]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.[3] In 1848 John Ruskin and his new wife, the former Effie Gray, visited St Gilles. Ruskin noted "The Church of Saint Giles has some remarkable examples of the final stage of transition from flamboyant to Renaissance".[4]

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ The Diaries of John Ruskin, 1848-1873 selected and edited by Joan Evans and John Howard Whitehouse, Oxford at the Clarendon press, 1958