Saint-Gilles (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒil]) or Sint-Gillis (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈxɪlɪs] ) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. Saint-Gilles has a multicultural identity stemming from its diverse population. For example, the central square (French: Place Van Meenen, Dutch: Van Meenenplein) hosts the annual festival of Brussels' Portuguese community. The housing stock varies from semi-derelict tenements near the Brussels-South railway station in the north, to elegant patrician houses on the southern borders with Uccle and Ixelles, to tourist hotels at the inner end of the Chaussée de Charleroi/Charleroisesteenweg. Saint-Gilles is also known as one of the centers of artistic and student life in Brussels.