Crolles
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Crolles
|commune status = Commune
|image = Crolles.jpg
|caption = View of Crolles
|arrondissement = Grenoble
|canton = Le Moyen Grésivaudan
|INSEE = 38140
|postal code = 38920
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Le Grésivaudan
|coordinates = {{coord|45.2858|5.8836|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 245
|elevation min m = 219
|elevation max m = 1000
|area km2 = 14
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Crolles ({{IPA|fr|kʁol}}) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/38140-crolles INSEE commune file] It is located in the Isère valley, 20 km northeast of Grenoble, upstream on the river Isère. It has given its name to the Dent de Crolles mountain (2,062 m), which stands just above the city.
Industries
Crolles hosts the biggest semiconductor fabrication plant in France (employing 4,000 people, for a total investment of 3 billion 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 the birthplace of Petzl, manufacturers of safety equipment for mountaineering, caving and vertical safety in civil engineering, which still has its headquarters there and is also the site of the main manufacturing plant of Teisseire, a beverage company now owned by Britvic.
Population
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|11183|Crolles }} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-38140#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |1110
|1800 |1294
|1806 |1412
|1821 |1500
|1831 |1511
|1836 |1554
|1841 |1600
|1846 |1632
|1851 |1549
|1856 |1472
|1861 |1439
|1866 |1404
|1872 |1365
|1876 |1386
|1881 |1276
|1886 |1311
|1891 |1177
|1896 |1167
|1901 |1150
|1906 |1103
|1911 |1028
|1921 |1021
|1926 |1162
|1931 |1213
|1936 |1102
|1946 |964
|1954 |1228
|1962 |1548
|1968 |1723
|1975 |2102
|1982 |3492
|1990 |5829
|1999 |8260
|2007 |8429
|2012 |8237
|2017 |8247
}}
See also
References
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