Grenoble

Grenoble (/ɡrəˈnoʊbəl/;^[1]French pronunciation: ​[ɡʁə.nɔbl]; Arpitan: Grenoblo) is a ceety in sootheastren Fraunce, at the fit o the French Alps whaur the river Drac jyns the Isère.

Grenoble
Frae upper left: Panorama o the ceety, Grenoble’s cable caurs, place Saint-André, jardin de ville, baunks o the Isère river
Banner Coat airms
Grenoble Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Grenoble
Coordinates: 45°12′01″N 5°43′20″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Depairtment	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Intercommunality	Agglomeration commonity o the Grenoble Alpes Métropole
Govrenment
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Éric Piolle (Europe Ecology – The Greens)
Area 1	18.44 km2 (7.12 sq mi)
Population  (2016-01-01)2	160,836
• Density	8,700/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
• Metro	687,985
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38185 /38000, 38100
Elevation	212–500 m (696–1,640 ft) (avg. 398 m or 1,306 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Grenoble is twinned wi:^[2]

Catania, Italy, syne 1961[2] Innsbruck, Austrick, syne 1963[2] Essen, Germany, since 1976[2][3] Halle, Germany, since 1976[2] Chişinău, Moldova, since 1977[2][4]

Oxford, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1977[2][5][6] Rehovot, Israel, syne 1977[2] Phoenix, Unitit States, syne 1990[2][7] Pécs, Hungary, syne 1992[2] Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority, syne 1995[2]

Kaunas, Lithuanie, syne 1997[2] Sfax, Tunisie, syne 1998[2] Constantine, Algerie, syne 1999[2] Corato, Italy, syne 2002[2] Sevan, Armenie, syne 2009[2]