Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (; literally 'Saint-Étienne of

Saint-Geoirs Saint-Geoirs () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of France, depar ...

') is a commune in the

Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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 Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

) and actor

Xavier Depraz Xavier Depraz, ''né'' Xavier Marcel Delaruelle (22 April 1926 – 18 October 1994) was a French opera singer and actor. Life Born in Albert ( Somme), Depraz was a bass at the Paris Opéra until 1971. He took part in the premieres of operas by ...

died in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs on 18 October 1994.

Population

Twin towns

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

Casorate Sempione Casorate Sempione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located northwest of Milan and about southwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,334 and an area of .All demograp ...

, Italy, since 2013

References

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