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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

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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.

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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.

Personalities

  • Thernand Bakouboula footballer
  • Seynabou Benga handball player
  • Stephane Biakolo footballer
  • Vincent Clerc (b. 1981), rugby footballer of Stade Toulousain and of the French national team.
  • Mélissa Theuriau (b. 1978), journalist.
  • Calogero (b. 1971), pop/rock singer, composer and songwriter.
  • Laure Péquegnot (b. 1975), skier.
  • Gérald Hustache-Mathieu (b. 1968), film director and scenarist.
  • David di Tommaso (1979–2005), football player.
  • Sami Bouajila (b. 1966), actor.
  • Guilbaut Colas (b. 18 June 1983), freestyle skier.
  • David Lazzaroni (b. 4 February 1985), ski jumper.
  • Sandrine Aubert (b. 6 October 1982), alpine skier.
  • Jonathan Tinhan footballer

    • International relations

    Échirolles is twinned with:

  • Grugliasco, Italy
  • Honhoue, Benin
  • Kimberley, England

    • References

    Échirolles Wikipedia
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