Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Commune
The church of Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
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Coordinates: 45°19′59″N 5°21′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Vienne
Canton	Bièvre
Intercommunality	Bièvre Isère
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Veyron[1]
Area 1	10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,279
• Density	300/km2 (780/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.

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,519 —     1821 1,885 +0.77% 1846 1,970 +0.18% 1872 1,836 −0.27% 1901 1,615 −0.44% 1926 1,417 −0.52% 1946 1,260 −0.59% 1962 1,231 −0.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,209 −0.30% 1975 1,606 +4.14% 1982 1,909 +2.50% 1990 2,164 +1.58% 1999 2,240 +0.38% 2007 2,575 +1.76% 2012 3,152 +4.13% 2017 3,225 +0.46%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. "Memoire de Rose Valland". Memoire de Rose Valland.
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE