Crolles is a common French, located in the department of the Isere and the area the Rhone-Alps. Its inhabitants is called the Crollois and the Crolloises .

Geography

The commune is located at twenty kilometers in North East of Grenoble and at forty kilometers of Chambéry, on Right Bank of Isere in the middle of the valley of the Grésivaudan.

It belongs to the Regional Parc of Chartreuse.

Localities and variations

Monfort in direction of Lumbin

Communes bordering

History

Administration

Since 2002, Crolles is member of the community of communes of the Grésivaudan means - the COSI - in the past the SIERPUMG.

Demography

Economy

  • the company STMicroelectronics is based in Crolles. With 4000 direct uses and 3 billion euros invested between 2003 and 2007 jointly with Philips and Motorola, it represents the major part of the economy crolloise. Following the withdrawal in 2007 of Philips and Motorola, the STMicroelectronics firm concluded an agreement with IBM on the site from Crolles.
  • the company Petzl was founded and is always based in Crolles.
  • the company Teisseire has its head office with Crolles and has a factory in the Industrial Park of the commune.

Monuments

Religious heritage

The Saint-Pierre church - Saint-Paul, built starting from 1648 on the site of a medieval church, shelters murals of the XVIIIe century recently restored, as well as a movable rich person (high altar Louis XV in marquetry, candlesticks of the XVIIIe century, many statues).

Abbey of Ayes, founded in XIIe century by Marguerite of Burgundy, widow of the Dolphin Guigues IV of Albon, it remains today only the housing of the abbess (private property protected with the title from the additional inventory from the Historic buildings)

Civil inheritance

Vestige of the Middle Ages, the castle of Montfort was mentioned for the first time at XIe century like a Motte castrale. The construction of the stone castle goes back to XIIIe century. It belonged to Beaumont. This site is today in the course of restoration.

The castle of Crolles, included today in the borough, is an old strong house which one finds the trace as of the medium of XIVe century and who was transformed at the XVIIIe century. It is registered with the additional inventory of the Historic buildings

Famous characters

The castle of Crolles known as of Bernis was built about 1340 by Amblard of BEAUMONT 1st of the name, called in the family the LARGE AMBLARD, Chevalier, Seigneur of Beaumont, Montfort, the castle of Touvet, St Michel, Bernin, Morestel. , principal Minister for the Dolphin HUMBERT II; third wire of ARTAUD OF BEAUMONT 3rd of the name, Lord of Beaumont, the Hoop, and Agnes of BELLECOMBE, her second wife.

Twinnings

See too

Related articles

  • Common of Isere

External bonds

  • Official site of Crolles

References

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