Saint-Ghislain

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 .
History.
The 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.
Economy.
Google chose Saint-Ghislain in 2007 to host its new major European datacenter. Google currently has 12 people employed full-time.