Saint-Gilles, Manche Explained

Saint-Gilles
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Saint-Gilles (Manche).svg
Arrondissement:Saint-Lô
Canton:Saint-Lô-1
Insee:50483
Postal Code:50180
Mayor:Jean-Luc Lerouxel[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Saint-Lô Agglo
Coordinates:49.1056°N -1.1742°W
Elevation M:101
Elevation Min M:12
Elevation Max M:104
Area Km2:7.84
Demonym:Saint-Gillais

Saint-Gilles (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʒil/) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.[2] 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".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM50483-saint-gilles INSEE commune file
  3. The Diaries of John Ruskin, 1848-1873 selected and edited by Joan Evans and John Howard Whitehouse, Oxford at the Clarendon press, 1958