Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs

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Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Commune
The church of Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°19′59″N 5°21′00″E / 45.3331°N 5.35°E / 45.3331; 5.35Coordinates: 45°19′59″N 5°21′00″E / 45.3331°N 5.35°E / 45.3331; 5.35
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Vienne
Canton	Bièvre
Intercommunality	Bièvre Isère
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Veyron
Area 1	10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,226
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38384 /38590
Elevation	369–545 m (1,211–1,788 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃t‿etjɛn də sɛ̃ ʒwaʁ]; literally 'Saint-Étienne of Saint-Geoirs') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is the hometown of Rose Valland, who saved thousands of works of art from Nazi looting and destruction during World War II and thwarted German efforts to remove art by passing information to the French Resistance. The organization Memoire de Rose Valland is based in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs.^[2]

Singer (bass) and actor Xavier Depraz died in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs on 18 October 1994.

Population[]

Twin towns[]

Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs is twinned with:

• Casorate Sempione, Italy, since 2013

See also[]

• Communes of the Isère department
• Grenoble-Isère Airport

References[]

• INSEE statistics

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