Crolles

Crolles
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Crolles
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Le Touvet
Intercommunality	Moyen Grésivaudan
Mayor	François Brottes (2005–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	219–1,000 m (719–3,300 ft) (avg. 245 m/804 ft)
Land area1	14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Population2	8,260  (1999)
- Density	590 /km2 (1,500 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38140/ 38920
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 45°17′09″N 5°53′01″E / 45.2858333333°N 5.88361111111°E / 45.2858333333; 5.88361111111

Crolles is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France. It is located in the Isère valley, 20 km north-east of Grenoble, upstream on the Isère River. It has given its name to the Dent de Crolles mountain (2,062 m) which stands just above the city.

Industries

Crolles is known to host the biggest semiconducting fab of France (4,000 people, for a total investment of 3 billions 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.

Crolles is also the birthplace of Petzl, the leading company of safety equipment for mountaineering, caving and vertical safety in civil engineering, which still has its headquarters there.

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

• INSEE commune file