Échirolles

Échirolles
Commune
Échirolles town hall with Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People reproduced on its façade
Coat of arms
Location of Échirolles
Échirolles Show map of France Échirolles Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°08′37″N 5°43′06″E / 45.1436°N 5.7183°E / 45.1436; 5.7183
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Échirolles
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Amandine Demore^[1]
Area ¹	8 km² (3 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	36,849
• Density	4,600/km² (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38151 /38130
Elevation	217–395 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.

Échirolles (French pronunciation: [eʃiʁɔl] ^ⓘ; Arpitan: Ècherôles) is a commune in the Isère department, southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),^[3] it is the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, which is immediately to its north.

History

A former industrial village had the majority of its inhabitants work in the viscose factories, a fabric that was invented in Échirolles in 1884 by the 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1836	735	—
1841	702	−0.91%
1846	715	+0.37%
1851	639	−2.22%
1856	634	−0.16%
1861	615	−0.61%
1866	642	+0.86%
1872	652	+0.26%
1876	682	+1.13%
1881	619	−1.92%
1886	679	+1.87%
1891	633	−1.39%
1896	600	−1.07%
1901	574	−0.88%
1906	582	+0.28%
1911	572	−0.35%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1921	597	+0.43%
1926	838	+7.02%
1931	2,765	+26.97%
1936	2,520	−1.84%
1946	2,825	+1.15%
1954	3,762	+3.65%
1962	7,111	+8.28%
1968	15,429	+13.78%
1975	33,288	+11.61%
1982	37,360	+1.66%
1990	34,435	−1.01%
1999	32,806	−0.54%
2007	35,383	+0.95%
2012	35,826	+0.25%
2017	36,840	+0.56%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[5]

Personalities

Thernand Bakouboula footballer
Seynabou Benga handball player
Stephane Biakolo footballer
Talel Chedly (b. 1978), footballer
Vincent Clerc (b. 1981), rugby footballer of Stade Toulousain and of the France national team.
Mélissa Theuriau (b. 1978), journalist and television producer.
Calogero (b. 1971), pop/rock singer, composer and songwriter.
Laure Péquegnot (b. 1975), skier.
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu (b. 1968), film director and scenarist.
David di Tommaso (1979–2005), football player.
Sami Bouajila (b. 1966), actor.
Guilbaut Colas (b. 18 June 1983), freestyle skier.
David Lazzaroni (b. 4 February 1985), ski jumper.
Sandrine Aubert (b. 6 October 1982), alpine skier.
Jonathan Tinhan (b. 1 June 1989), footballer.
Kévin Aymoz (b. 1 August 1997), figure skater
Matteo Tomasi (b. 16 October 1998), footballer.