Échirolles

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Country France Department Isère Area 7.86 km² Arrondissement Grenoble		Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Population (2011) 35,995 Local time Sunday 5:35 AM Team FC Échirolles

Canton Échirolles-Est, Échirolles-Ouest Intercommunality Grenoble Alpes Métropole Weather 9°C, Wind W at 2 km/h, 98% Humidity Points of interest Musée Géo‑Charles, Musée de la Viscose, Jahtest

Échirolles is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Map of %C3%89chirolles, France

It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, and is adjacent to it on the south.

History

Former industrial village, the majority of its inhabitants worked in the viscose factories, a fabric which was invented in Échirolles in 1884 by French scientist and industrial Hilaire de Chardonnet, before becoming universally famous. The process for manufacturing viscose was then patented by three British scientists, Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan and Clayton Beadle, in 1891.