Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.department in southeastern France. Part of the
Grenoble urban unit The urban unit of Grenoble (french: unité urbaine de Grenoble) is a French urban unit centred on the city of Grenoble. An urban unit is a contiguously built-up area with at least 2,000 inhabitants, according to the definition by the French statisti ...
Grenoble
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, which is immediately to its north.
History
A former industrial village had the majority of its inhabitants work in the
viscose
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factories, a fabric that was invented in Échirolles in 1884 by the French scientist and industrial
Hilaire de Chardonnet
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In the late 1870s, Chardonnet was working with Lo ...
, before becoming universally famous. The process for manufacturing viscose was then patented by three British scientists,
Charles Frederick Cross
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Born in Brentford, Middlesex, his fatherCharles James Cross (14 October 1827 - 19 November 1910) was a schoolmaster turned soap manufacturer. After graduatin ...
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Edward John Bevan
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Bevan was notable for his caustic wit. He was born in Birkenhead. Af ...
Thernand Bakouboula
Thernand Bakouboula (born 6 March 1988 in Échirolles) is a footballer who currently plays for FC Echirolles. Born in France, he represents Congo at international level.
Career
Bakouboula played during his career in France with FC Échiroll ...
Talel Chedly
Talel Chedly (born 21 April 1978) is a French football striker. As of May 2018, he works for Odier Excursions, a bus company based in Geneva, Switzerland.
See also
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Vincent Clerc
Vincent Clerc (born 7 May 1981) is a former French rugby union player who played on the wing.
Birth and early career
Born in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble (Isère), Clerc first played rugby at FC Grenoble, helping the ...
(b. 1981), rugby footballer of
Stade Toulousain
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Tou ...
Laure Péquegnot
Laure Pequegnot (born 30 September 1975) is a French former Alpine skier.
She was born in Échirolles, Isère. She won a total of 3 Alpine skiing World Cup races, all in the slalom discipline. She became world junior champion in slalom, ...
Guilbaut Colas
Guilbaut Colas (born 18 June 1983) is a French Mogul skier who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and has seven World Cup victories. Born in Échirolles, Colas competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics
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(b. 18 June 1983), freestyle skier.
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David Lazzaroni
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(b. 4 February 1985), ski jumper.
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Sandrine Aubert
Sandrine Aubert (born 6 October 1982 in Échirolles, Isère) is a retired French alpine skier and a slalom specialist. After she was not selected for the French squad for the 2014 Winter Olympics, she announced her retirement from competition in ...
(b. 6 October 1982), alpine skier.
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Jonathan Tinhan
Jonathan Tinhan (born 1 June 1989) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Born in Échirolles and of Beninese descent, Tinhan made his professional Ligue 1 debut on 16 August 2009 for Grenoble in a Ligue 1 g ...
Italy
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Benin
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Novovolynsk
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Located with ...
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Ukraine
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England
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