Saint-Chef


Saint-Chef is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

History

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

The following table shows the change in population between 1793 and 2011;

Twin towns

Saint-Chef is twinned with: