One of Rhône-Alpes' top economic centres, straddling a major international trade route.

Key figures

• 588,000 inhabitants – 255,000 jobs
• 54,000 jobs in industry
• 96 companies with more than 100 employees
• 15 companies with more than 500 employees

Main companies: Schneider Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Caterpillar, STMicroelectronics, Rossignol, Thales, Atofina, BD, Allibert, Alstom Power Hydro, CapGemini, Silicomp, SOitec, Bull, Radiall, Unimag, Ascométal, Pechiney, A. Raymond, Atmel, SGL Technic, Gaz Electricité de Grenoble, Papeteries de Lancey, Arjo Wiggins Appleton, Hutchinson, MGE UPS, Proner Comatel, Freescale and Xerox Research Centre Europe.

Specialization

Main industries:
- microelectronics, information and communications technology
- computing, electronics, electrical engineering
- biotechnology, chemicals
- mechanical engineering, metal working
Research and training activities: four universities and an international centre for public and private research
Upper echelon corporate management and services, as required by a major business centre.

Infrastructures

Served by three motorways
- A 43 Grenoble - Lyon
- A 41 Grenoble - Geneva
- A 49 Grenoble - Valence - Marseille
TGV fast-train station
Business airport

Development land available

More than 500 hectares of developed land
89 industrial and technology estates, ranging from less than one hectare to more than 30 hectares, including:
- Centr’Alp, an industrial and technology estate, with logistics services
- Crolles, an industrial and technology estate, with logistics services
- InoVallée, technology estate with more than 250 firms
More than 600,000 sq m of business and industrial premises:
- Europole
- Technisud
- Grenoble science park

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