Saint-Martin-d'Hères

Coat of arms

Saint-Martin-d'Hères

Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Saint-Martin-d'Hères

Coordinates: 45°10′02″N 5°45′55″E / 45.1672°N 5.7653°ECoordinates: 45°10′02″N 5°45′55″E / 45.1672°N 5.7653°E

Country

Saint-Martin-d’Hères-Nord, Saint-Martin-d’Hères-Sud

Intercommunality

Grenoble Alpes Métropole

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

David Queiros

Area¹

9.26 km² (3.58 sq mi)

Population (2011)²

37,126

• Density

4,000/km² (10,000/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

38421 /38400

Elevation

206–610 m (676–2,001 ft)
(avg. 234 m or 768 ft)

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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-d'Hères is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Grenoble and is adjacent to it on the east.

The commune was created around 1100 where the church of St. Martin was located. During the middle ages it was administered at some points by the lords of the Castle of Gières, and at other times by the bishop of Grenoble, who had religious and seigniorial disputes with the former. The city remained a mostly rural area, until the 19th century, when it saw its first industrial developments with the opening of roads and railways. In the 50's and the 60's the city saw a "new era" with a significant demographic expansion caused by the installation of the University of Grenoble.

The city is limited at the north by the Isère river. It is located in an area historically prone to flooding by it and by the Mogne and Sonnant streams, though the floods stopped since the construction of dykes and the channelization of the Mogne and Sonnant streams.

Saint-Martin-d'Hères is the home of the Grenoble Alpes University main campus "Domaine Universitaire de Grenoble", a center of higher education in the region. The university features the Centre universitaire d'études françaises (CUEF). The CUEF offers second language instruction in French, and attracts students from a variety of foreign countries. Several universities in the United States sponsor study-abroad programs affiliated with the CUEF.

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