Échirolles
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Échirolles town hall with Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People reproduced on its façade
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Échirolles
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| Coordinates: 45°08′37″N 5°43′06″E / 45.1436°N 5.7183°ECoordinates: 45°08′37″N 5°43′06″E / 45.1436°N 5.7183°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Isère | |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble | |
| Canton | Échirolles-Est, Échirolles-Ouest | |
| Intercommunality | Grenoble Alpes Métropole | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Renzo Sulli | |
| Area1 | 8 km2 (3 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)2 | 35,995 | |
| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38151 /38130 | |
| Elevation | 217–395 m (712–1,296 ft) (avg. 237 m or 778 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Échirolles is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, and is adjacent to it on the south.
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.
Échirolles is twinned with:
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