Country France Department Isère Intercommunality Moyen Grésivaudan Area 14.2 km² Arrondissement Grenoble | Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Canton Le Touvet Population (2011) 8,344 Local time Saturday 8:44 PM | |
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Crolles is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is located in the Isère valley, 20 km northeast of Grenoble, upstream on the Isère River. It has given its name to the Dent de Crolles mountain (2,062 m), which stands just above the city.
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Map of Crolles, France
Industries
Crolles is known to host the biggest semiconducting fabrication plant of France (4,000 people, for a total investment of 3 billions euros). First founded by STMicroelectronics in the 1980s, the recent development (Crolles 2, 2003) results from a joint-venture with Philips (today NXP semiconductors) and Motorola.
Crolles is the birthplace of Petzl, manufacturers of safety equipment for mountaineering, caving and vertical safety in civil engineering, which still has its headquarters there and is also the site of the main manufacturing plant of Teisseire, a beverage company now owned by Britvic.