Saint-Ghislain (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, Belgium.
On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 23,335 inhabitants. The total area is , giving a population density of .
The municipality consists of the following districts: Baudour, Hautrage, Neufmaison, Saint-Ghislain, Sirault, Tertre et Villerot.
History
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
Saint Peter and Paul.
Ursidongus was later named after him.
Economy
Google chose Saint-Ghislain in 2007 to host its new major European
datacenter.
People born in Saint-Ghislain
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Johannes Ockeghem, composer (between 1410 and 1425)
Twin towns
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Saint-Lô, France (since 1961)
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Sierakowice, Poland (since 2005)
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