Archives communales de Saint-Gilles / Gemeentearchief Sint-Gillis

The city administration's Archive and Digital Strategy service was created in 2015. To bring together all services that manage information, it was merged two years later with the informatics service to eventually form the Archives, Informatics and Digital Strategy service. Previously, the archive was managed by each service separately. From 1880 to 1920, an archivist was probably employed within the municipal administration. Incidentally, preparatory plans for the construction of a new town hall with space specifically for the archives have survived. Traces of the archivist's activities can also be found, such as folders containing a number of files. As it is today, the archive service was located at the Department of"General Affair". The service has an archive patrimony of almost 3 kilometres long, the oldest piece dating back to 1729. 

Saint-Gilles has a local history circle that keeps a number of private archives of circles and societies, as well as of the mayors. The circle's contact details are on the municipal administration's website.