Saint-Chef

Saint-Chef
Tour du Poulet
Tour du Poulet
Coat of arms of Saint-Chef
Location of Saint-Chef
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Saint-Chef is located in France
Saint-Chef
Saint-Chef
Saint-Chef is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Chef
Saint-Chef
Coordinates: 45°38′05″N 5°21′59″E / 45.6347°N 5.3664°E / 45.6347; 5.3664
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementLa Tour-du-Pin
CantonBourgoin-Jallieu
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alexandre Drogoz[1]
Area
1
27.16 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,795
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38374 /38890
Elevation218–440 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.

Saint-Chef (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʃɛf]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[3][4]

The commune is named after Saint Chef, who was born in the nearby hamlet of Arcisse.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Barbara Franzé, La Pierre et l'image. L'église de Saint-Chef-en-Dauphiné, Paris, Picard, 2011, 284 p., 273 ill. (ISBN 978-2-7084-0877-7)