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| Coordinates:45°17′09″N5°53′01″E / 45.2858°N 5.8836°E /45.2858; 5.8836 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Le Moyen Grésivaudan |
| Intercommunality | CC Le Grésivaudan |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Philippe Lorimier[1] |
Area 1 | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 8,463 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 38140 /38920 |
| Elevation | 219–1,000 m (719–3,281 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Crolles (French pronunciation:[kʁol]) is acommune in theIsèredepartment in southeasternFrance.[3] It is located in the Isère valley, 20 km northeast ofGrenoble, upstream on the riverIsère. It has given its name to theDent de Crolles mountain (2,062 m), which stands just above the city.
Crolles hosts the biggest semiconductor fabrication plant in France (employing 4,000 people, for a total investment of 3 billion euros). First founded bySTMicroelectronics in the 1980s, the recent development (Crolles 2, 2003) results from a joint-venture withPhilips (todayNXP semiconductors) andMotorola.
Crolles is the birthplace ofPetzl, manufacturers of safety equipment formountaineering,caving and vertical safety in civil engineering, which still has its headquarters there and is also the site of the main manufacturing plant ofTeisseire, a beverage company now owned byBritvic.
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