Vif, Isère
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Vif (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[2]
The town hosts the Champollion Museum, located in the former residence of the Champollion family.[3] Closed for renovations, it reopened in June 2021.[4]
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.
Population
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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.
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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
- Template:Ill 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:[5]
- Rivalta di Torino, Italy, since 1985
See also
References
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