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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | La Tour-du-Pin | |
| Canton | Bourgoin-Jallieu | |
| Community association | Les Balcons du Dauphiné | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 38 ' N , 5 ° 22' E | |
| height | 218-440 m | |
| surface | 27.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,585 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 132 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 38890 | |
| INSEE code | 38374 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-chef.fr/ | |
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Saint-Chef is a French municipality with 3585 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of La Tour-du-Pin and the canton of Bourgoin-Jallieu . The inhabitants are called Saint-Cheffois (es) .
geography
Saint-Chef is located in a swampy area in a very calcareous soil. Saint-Chef is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Salagnon in the north, Sermérieu in the northeast, Virginieu in the east, Montcarra in the south and southeast, Saint-Savin in the south and west, Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens and Trept in the northwest.
Saint-Chef is part of the Pays des Balmes Dauphinoises wine region .
history
With the establishment of the Abbey of Saint-Chef by the monk Theudère de Dauphiné around 500 in the former village of Arcisse, the beginning of today's community, which arose to the east of it, heralded. In the Middle Ages the place was called Saint-Cher . In the revolutionary times between 1790 and 1794, the then still independent communities of Arcisses , Chamont , Crucilleux , Laval-de-Saint-Chef , Montcarra , Trieux and Vercin were incorporated. These incorporations were later partially reversed.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 1,327 | 1,335 | 1,487 | 1,798 | 2,309 | 2,892 | 3,268 | 3,608 |
Attractions
- The abbey of Saint-Chef, originally founded around 500, with the church of Saint-Theudère from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century, since 1840 Monument historique
- Saint-Barthélémy church in the hamlet of Chamont, built in 1879, used by the Pius Brotherhood since 1982
- Teyssier Castle
- Chicken Tower, around 1402
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- House Minsac
- House of Cultural Heritage
Community partnerships
Partnerships with the Canadian municipality Contrecœur in Québec have existed since 1993, with the Swiss municipality Le Mouret in the canton of Friborg since 1982 and with the Russian municipality Kolzowo of unknown date .
Personalities
- Hugo von Saint-Cher (around 1200–1263), cardinal
- Louis Seigner (1903–1991), actor
- Frédéric Dard (1921–2000), writer, grew up and buried here
