The first houses of the hamlet of Obbrussel (Old Dutch: Obbrusselsche, meaning "Upper Brussels") were built, between the 7th and the 11th centuries, close to the Altitude Cent/Hoogte Honderd, one of the points of hi… See more

• Particular architectural delights are found in the dozen or more Art Nouveau houses designed by masters such as Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, dotted around the upper part of the municipality. The house that Horta desig… See more

• Nationality: Saint-Gilles has the largest foreign population of any Brussels municipality. Of the 49,933 registered residents in April 2017, 24,046 (48.2%) were non-Belgian. The largest foreign communitie… See more

The local council usually has a socialist majority, and the current mayor is Jean Spinette. See more

The municipality has 13 nursery and primary schools (10 French-speaking and 3 Dutch-speaking) and 7 secondary schools (6 French-speaking and 1 Dutch-speaking).
The Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineerin… See more