Vif, Isère
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| Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 5°40′15″E / 45.0561°N 5.6708°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Le Pont-de-Claix |
| Intercommunality | Grenoble-Alpes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Guy Genet[1] |
Area 1 | 28.30 km2 (10.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 8,557 |
| • Density | 302.4/km2 (783.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38545 /38450 |
| Elevation | 277–1,263 m (909–4,144 ft) (avg. 312 m or 1,024 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vif (French pronunciation: [vif] ⓘ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[3]
The town hosts the Champollion Museum, located in the former residence of the Champollion family.[4] Closed for renovations, it reopened in June 2021.[5]
Geography
Vif is situated in the Valley of Gresse, in the south of Grenoble, upon the north-east foothills of the Vercors. The town is crossed by the Gresse river (which come from Gresse-en-Vercors). Vif lies 16 km (10 mi) south of Grenoble, 65 km (40 mi) north-west of Gap and 65 km (40 mi) north-east of Valence.
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Sights
- Vif is the home of the Champollion Museum, settled in the former family house of Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac and his wife Zoé Berriat.
- The city is the cradle of the French company Vicat, founded by Joseph Vicat (son of Louis Vicat). The first cement works was built in Genevrey-de-Vif in 1857.
- The town has two churches: Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Vif and Saint-Marie du Genevrey, which is one of the oldest medieval churches in Grenoble métropole.
- The actual town hall was an ancient monastery until 1792, then a silk mill managed by the Berriat family.
The "Line of Alps", a railway connecting Grenoble to Gap via the Alps, crosses the town territory on a 19th-century railway viaduct, the viaduct of Crozet (viaduc du Crozet).
Notable people
- Charles Le Goux de La Berchère (1647-1719), bishop
- Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778-1867), archaeologist, brother of Jean-François (Champollion le Jeune)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832), philologist and orientalist, decipherer of Egyptian hieroglpyhs
- François-Jean Rochas Frenchy (1843-1894), first settler of today's Oliver Lee Memorial State Park (New Mexico)
- Yves de La Brière (1877-1941), French Jesuit born in Vif.
Twin towns – sister cities
Vif is twinned with:[8]
- Rivalta di Torino, Italy, since 1985
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Commune de Vif, INSEE
- ^ Base Mérimée: Propriété "Les Champollion", Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ (in French) ledauphine.com, Dans trois ans, Vif aura son Musée Champollion.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vif, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Annuaire des villes jumelées | AFCCRE". Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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