Saint-Gilles | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.5167°N -93°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Lotbinière |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | July 1, 1855 |
Named For: | Saint Giles |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Robert Samson |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area Total Km2: | 180.80 |
Area Land Km2: | 177.43 |
Population Total: | 2910 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 16.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 15.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1264 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0S 2P0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Saint-Gilles (pronounced as /fr/) is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,910 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
Saint-Gilles is named after the seigneurie of Saint-Gilles, of which it was part. It was granted in 1738 to Gilles Rageot de Beaurivage (1689-1754), an important merchant from Quebec.[1]