Échirolles
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Échirolles is a town in southeastern France that serves as the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble. As part of the greater Grenoble urban area, it plays a significant role in the region's residential and economic development.
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- Locality
- Échirolles
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 33,088
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Échirolles (; ) is a commune in the Isère department, southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration), it is the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, which is immediately to its north.
==History== A former industrial village had the majority of its inhabitants work in the viscose factories, a fabric that was invented in Échirolles in 1884 by the 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.