Grenoble

Grenoble
From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint-André, jardin de ville, banks of the Isère river
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Grenoble-1, 2, 3 and 4
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Mayor	Éric Piolle (Europe Ecology – The Greens) (2014–2020)
Statistics
Elevation	212–500 m (696–1,640 ft) (avg. 398 m (1,306 ft))
Land area1	18.44 km2 (7.12 sq mi)
Population2	162,780  (2013)
- Density	8,828/km2 (22,860/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	38185/ 38000, 38100
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.

Grenoble is a French commune in the Alpine foothills. It is the prefecture of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

It is an important centre for scientific research in France.

Education

A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation academy) is in Grenoble. Grenoble School of Management is also in the city, as well as the Université Grenoble-Alpes.

Transport

• Grenoble-Isère Airport

Twin towns — Sister cities

Grenoble is twinned with:

Catania, Italy, since 1961 Innsbruck, Austria, since 1963 Essen, Germany, since 1976 Halle, Germany, since 1976 Chişinău, Moldova, since 1977 Oxford, United Kingdom, since 1977 Rehovot, Israel, since 1977

Phoenix, United States, since 1990 Pécs, Hungary, since 1992 Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority, since 1995 Kaunas, Lithuania, since 1997 Sfax, Tunisia, since 1998 Constantine, Algeria, since 1999 Corato, Italy, since 2002

Grenoble Media

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  Remnants of the 3rd century AD Roman walls

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  Coat of arms of the Dauphiné after becoming a province of France

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  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières

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  Grenoble plan-relief (1848)

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  Day of the Tiles, 1890 painting by Alexandre Debelle, (Musée de la Révolution française)

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  Ramparts close to the Porte Saint Laurent

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  Napoleon's Return from Elba by Charles de Steuben, 1818

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  Fountain of the Three Orders (1897)

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  Gate of the exposition in 1925

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  The Hôtel de Ville

Other websites

Media related to Grenoble at Wikimedia Commons