Saint-Ghislain

Geschiedenis

Saint-Ghislain is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 22,466 inhabitants. The total area is, giving a population density of.HistoryThe 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 Peter and Paul. Ursidongus was later named after him.EconomyGoogle chose Saint-Ghislain in 2007 to host its new major European datacenter. Google currently has 12 people employed full-time.People born in Saint-Ghislain Johannes Ockeghem, composer (between 1410 and 1425)