Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs explained

Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Saint Etienne de Saint Geoirs.svg
Arrondissement:	Vienne
Canton:	Bièvre
Insee:	38384
Postal Code:	38590
Mayor:	Michel Veyron^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Bièvre Isère
Coordinates:	45.3331°N 5.35°W
Elevation Min M:	369
Elevation Max M:	545
Area Km2:	10.88

Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃t‿etjɛn də sɛ̃ ʒwaʁ/; literally 'Saint-Étienne of Saint-Geoirs') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[2] 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.^[3]

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/38384-saint-etienne-de-saint-geoirs INSEE commune file
3. Web site: Memoire de Rose Valland. Memoire de Rose Valland.