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Crolles
Sign in to saveCrolles () 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 river Isère. It has given its name to the Dent de Crolles mountain (2,062 m), which stands just above the city.
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Crolles is a commune in France, situated within the arrondissement of Grenoble and the canton of Le Touvet in the Isère department. It serves as the capital of the canton of Moyen Grésivaudan. The town is located near the Isère river and shares borders with Le Champ-près-Froges, Saint-Pancrasse, Villard-Bonnot, and Bernin.
The area of Crolles is 14.21 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 8,609 residents (4,083 male and 4,164 female) and another citing 9,026. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 1,000 meters in one dataset and 248 meters in another. The head of government is François Brottes, and the postal code is 38920.
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- Locality
- Montfort
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 9,026
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Crolles
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Crolles.jpg
- French commune.caption
- View of Crolles
- French commune.arrondissement
- Grenoble
- French commune.canton
- Le Moyen Grésivaudan
- French commune.INSEE
- 38140
- French commune.postal code
- 38920
- French commune.mayor
- Philippe Lorimier
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Le Grésivaudan
- French commune.elevation m
- 245
- French commune.elevation min m
- 219
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1000
- French commune.area km2
- 14
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Crolles
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Grenoble
- Population
- 8609
- Area
- 14.21
- Elevation
- 283
- Body of water
- Isère
- Head of government
- François Brottes
- Capital of
- canton of Moyen Grésivaudan
- Shares border with
- Plateau-des-Petites-Roches
- Official website
- www.ville-crolles.fr
- Image
- Crolles.jpg
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- Commons category
- Crolles
- postal code
- 38920
- associated electoral district
- canton of Moyen Grésivaudan
- male population
- 4083
- female population
- 4164
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-76-08-04-54
- fax number
- +33-4-76-08-88-61
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- Industries
- Population
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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 river Isère. It has given its name to the Dent de Crolles mountain (2,062 m), which stands just above the city.
==Industries== Crolles hosts the biggest semiconductor fabrication plant in France (employing 4,000 people, for a total investment of 3 billion 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crolles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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