Vif, Isère

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Vif
Commune
A general view of Vif
Coat of arms
Location of Vif
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Coordinates: 45°03′22″N 5°40′15″E / 45.0561°N 5.6708°E / 45.0561; 5.6708
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	300/km2 (780/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]

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.

• 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).

• 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 [fr] 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.

Vif is twinned with:^[8]

• Rivalta di Torino, Italy, since 1985

• Communes of the Isère department

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