Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (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.
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Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (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.
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Singer (bass) and actor Xavier Depraz died in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs on 18 October 1994.
• Name — 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 • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — Bièvre Isère • Elevation Min M — 369 • Elevation Max M — 545 • Area Km2 — 10.88 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (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. Singer (bass) and actor Xavier Depraz died in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs on 18 October 1994.
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Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs is twinned with: • Italy Casorate Sempione, Italy, since 2013
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