Talk:Saint-Gilles, Belgium
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[edit] Names survey, result
Between 23 December 2006 and 28 January 2007 there has been a survey about which names the articles for the municipalities in the Brussels region should have. The municipalities in question have different names in French and Dutch, the two official languages of the region. A majority of contributors to the survey prefers using one single same over using both names in the title. This single name should follow English usage, which has been determined using domain specific Google searches.
The final result of the survey is that:
- for the following municipalities the French name has been chosen, in line with the most commonly used names in English:
- for the following municipalities no significant preference in the English language has been found. After discussion, the Dutch names have been chosen:
Details about the survey can be found at Talk:Brussels-Capital Region/NamingArchive3. Markussep 18:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Twinning
Is Saint-Gilles really twinned with all the places listed? I can't find any references. Esch-sur-Alzette claims that it is twinned with such cities as Liège, Rotterdam, Cologne, Turin, Coimbra and Lille, so it seems unlikely that it would be twinned with a municipality such as Saint-Gilles which is just part of a larger city. --David Edgar 16:27, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
The Esch-sur-Alzette official web site lists Saint Gilles among its twinned cities. LVan 14:28, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
