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]

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Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
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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.

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

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

• Casorate Sempione, Italy, since 2013

• Communes of the Isère department
• Grenoble-Isère Airport