Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts

Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts

The ruins of the chapel, on Mont Gargan
Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts

Coordinates: 45°37′47″N 1°40′00″E / 45.6297°N 1.6667°E / 45.6297; 1.6667Coordinates: 45°37′47″N 1°40′00″E / 45.6297°N 1.6667°E / 45.6297; 1.6667
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Limoges
Canton Châteauneuf-la-Forêt
Intercommunality Briance Combade
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Louis Penicaud
Area1 8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 55
  Density 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 87147 / 87130
Elevation 420–730 m (1,380–2,400 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts (Occitan: Sent Geris) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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