Saint-Chef
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Saint-Chef | ||
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.JPG) Tour du Poulet | ||
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  Saint-Chef  Saint-Chef | ||
| Coordinates: 45°38′05″N 5°21′59″E / 45.6347°N 5.3664°ECoordinates: 45°38′05″N 5°21′59″E / 45.6347°N 5.3664°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin | |
| Canton | Bourgoin-Jallieu | |
| Intercommunality | Les Balmes Dauphinoises | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Noël Rolland | |
| Area 1 | 27.16 km2 (10.49 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)2 | 3,518 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38374 /38890 | |
| Elevation | 218–440 m (715–1,444 ft) | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Saint-Chef is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
History[edit]
Saint-Chef is one of the largest communes in the north-west of Isère, with more than 3,000 inhabitants spread over 2,716 hectares.
The village developed around a monastery founded in the sixth century, in a valley formerly called Rupian Valley, nowadays known as the valley Rupéenne. This religious community was one of the most powerful in France before the decline in 1744.
Population[edit]
The following table shows the change in population between 1793 and 2011;
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 2,582 | — |
| 1806 | 2,954 | +14.4% |
| 1821 | 2,998 | +1.5% |
| 1831 | 3,397 | +13.3% |
| 1841 | 3,411 | +0.4% |
| 1851 | 3,650 | +7.0% |
| 1861 | 3,550 | −2.7% |
| 1872 | 3,162 | −10.9% |
| 1881 | 2,926 | −7.5% |
| 1891 | 2,950 | +0.8% |
| 1901 | 2,768 | −6.2% |
| 1911 | 2,080 | −24.9% |
| 1921 | 1,774 | −14.7% |
| 1931 | 1,636 | −7.8% |
| 1946 | 1,413 | −13.6% |
| 1954 | 1,308 | −7.4% |
| 1962 | 1,327 | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 1,335 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 1,487 | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 1,798 | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 2,309 | +28.4% |
| 1999 | 2,892 | +25.2% |
| 2006 | 3,268 | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 3,518 | +7.6% |
Twin towns[edit]
Saint-Chef is twinned with:
Le Mouret, Switzerland, since 1982.
Contrecœur, Quebec, Canada, since 1993.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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