Échirolles

Échirolles (French pronunciation: [eʃiʁɔl]; Francoprovençal: Ècherôles) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Échirolles
Échirolles town hall with Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People reproduced on its façade
Coat of arms
Location of Échirolles
Échirolles
Échirolles
Coordinates: 45°08′37″N 5°43′06″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonÉchirolles
IntercommunalityGrenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Renzo Sulli[1]
Area
1
8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
36,840
  Density4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38151 /38130
Elevation217–395 m (712–1,296 ft)
(avg. 237 m or 778 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, and is adjacent to it on the south.

History

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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1836735    
1841702−4.5%
1851639−9.0%
1861615−3.8%
1872652+6.0%
1881619−5.1%
1891633+2.3%
1901574−9.3%
1911572−0.3%
1921597+4.4%
19312,765+363.1%
YearPop.±%
19462,825+2.2%
19543,762+33.2%
19627,111+89.0%
196815,429+117.0%
197533,288+115.7%
198237,360+12.2%
199034,435−7.8%
199932,806−4.7%
200635,687+8.8%
201135,995+0.9%

Personalities

International relations

Échirolles is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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