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A young, urban and qualified population
Grenoble-Isère has 1,185,400 inhabitants, of which 26% under 20.
Dynamic population: 4,000 creations of companies and buy-outs in 2006.
A highly qualified active population
Highly qualified jobs are driving the local economy. They contribute to modernizing the industrial fabric and creating innovative start-ups.
Characteristics of the Grenoble urban area :
- Top location in France for engineers as a percentage of total jobs.
- Number two in France for top executives as a percentage of total jobs.
Urban areas | Top executives (%) | Engineers (%) |
Paris | 22,5 | 6,1 |
Grenoble | 19,3 | 6,4 |
Toulouse | 18,5 | 5,8 |
Montpellier | 18,4 | 2,9 |
Lyon | 15,8 | 4,4 |
Marseille - Aix | 15,5 | 3,1 |
Strasbourg | 15,1 | 3,1 |
(source INSEE-AEPI 2006)
Number two in France for upper-grade metropolitain jobs which are highly qualified jobs corresponding to R&D and senior management functions in corporations and services.
Socio-professional groups :
| -- | Employees | Workers | Executive, knowledge workers and intermediary professions | Contractors and tarders | Farmers |
Isère | 27.3% | 27.2% | 37.4% | 6.7% | 1.4% |
Rhône Alpes | 28.2% | 27.8% | 35% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
France | 29.9% | 27.1% | 34.2% | 6,4% | 2.5% |
A cosmopolitan, multicultural population: out of 1,140,900 inhabitants, Grenoble-Isère is home to 92,900 foreigners, or 8% of the total.
It has 439 foreign-owned companies, accounting for 42,300 jobs. The countries most represented are the United States, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Scandinavian countries and Switzerland.
Local people enjoy exceptional quality of life:
- intense cultural life
- a wide range of sporting activiites and amenities
- top grade medical facilities
- Intense cultural life
- 37 venues
- MC2, the Grenoble Arts Centre
- Le Summum, also in Grenoble, seating 3,000 to 5,000 people
- 129 cinema screens with seats for 24,300 people
- 4 multi-screen cinemas, in Grenoble, Echirolles, Vienne and La Tour du Pin
- 84 music schools
- 17 dance companies and 9 schools
- 10 instrumental ensembles
- 70 theatre groups
- 270 contemporary music groups
- 219 municipal libraries and media centres
- 100 museums, archaeological sites and castles open to the general public
- Musée de Grenoble, France's top art museum outside Paris in terms of the quality and size of its collection
The best known cultural events include the Cabaret Frappé, the Berlioz Festival, Vienne Jazz Festival and the Festival of European Theatre in Grenoble.
The following are some of the celebrities, past and present, born in the area: Hector Berlioz, Champollion, Condillac, Jean-Claude Gallotta, Olivier Messiaen and Stendhal.
Grenoble-Isère boasts a wealth of sporting activities and amenities
- 1,580 certified sports clubs
- 161 high level athletes
- 14 golf courses and practice greens
- 36 winter sports resorts less than an hour's drive from Grenoble
- An indoor skating rink, covering 7,500 sq m and seating 3,500 spectators
- 1 major city stadium, seating 20,000 places, under construction – Due for completion in 2006
- Famous sporting events: World Free Flight Championships, Grenoble Jumping International, Critérium Cycliste of Le Dauphiné Libéré, La Marmotte, La Foulée Blanche, la Traversée du Vercors.
- Famous local athletes: Brahim Asloum, Isabelle Blanc, Xavier Dorfmann, Jeannie Longo, Carole Montillet, Bruno Saby, Bernard Thévenet.
Top grade medical facilities (2003 figures)
- 1 university teaching hospital, 68 hospitals, clinics and treatment centres
- 3,723 doctors, of which 1,905 specialists
- 764 dentists
- 1,343 pharmacists
- 8,150 beds in public or private hospitals