Échirolles

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Échirolles
Commune
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The Hôtel de Ville with Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People reproduced on its façade
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Location of Échirolles
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Échirolles
Coordinates: 45°08′37″N5°43′06″E / 45.1436°N 5.7183°E / 45.1436; 5.7183
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Isère
Arrondissement Grenoble
Canton Échirolles
Intercommunality Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Amandine Demore [1]
Area
1
8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
36,708
 • Density4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
38151 /38130
Elevation217–395 m (712–1,296 ft)
(avg. 237 m or 778 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Échirolles (French pronunciation: [eʃiʁɔl] ⓘ ; Arpitan : Ècherôles) is a commune in the Isère department, southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration), [3] it is the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, which is immediately to its north.

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History

A former industrial village had the majority of its inhabitants work in the viscose factories, a fabric that was invented in Échirolles in 1884 by the French scientist and industrial Hilaire de Chardonnet, before becoming universally famous. The process for manufacturing viscose was then patented by three British scientists, Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan and Clayton Beadle, in 1891.

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 2006. [4]

Population

Criminality

Located just next to Grenoble, Échirolles doesn't escapes to the growth of criminality, especially since the 2020s. It is mainly related to drug traffic.

2023

Two men are hit by bullet at Échirolles and Le-Pont-de-Claix, on 21 August. [7]

2024

On August, France 3 Rhône-Alpes says that "a new shooting happened at Échirolles, the seventh one in less than two weeks." [8] A month later, a whole building is evacuated due to "the massive drug traffic exposing its inhabitants to huge and immediate danger". [9]

2025

This new year doesn't starts better : on January 4 evening, at 23:30, a new shooting happens. A teenager girl, walking with another teenager, and her dog, was hit on the leg. [10] She says few days later to the newspaper Le Parisien that she will have to "live with a bullet into the leg for the rest of [her] life". [11]

Few months after, on April, a new shooting happens. [12] The next month, on May, as well as Grenoble and Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Échirolles is one more time under criminal shootings. [13]

On 2025 December, two killings happens : in the night, from 2 to 3 of December, at Georges-Meliès street, and died just after emergency services found him. [14] Few days after, the 6th of December,, at 11PM, another one, 22 years old, located 8 May 1945 Avenue, took in charge by emergency services, died at hospital shortly after ; at the same evening, nearby of Échirolles, at La Bruyère park of Grenoble, another man, 18 years old, dies by bullet, the same night. Both were harmed by at least several bullet injuries, probably due to drug traffic, says France Bleu. [15]

Personalities

International relations

Échirolles is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
  4. ↑ "Hôtel de Ville d'Échirolles". Architectes pour tous. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Échirolles, EHESS (in French).
  6. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ↑ "Métropole de Grenoble. Deux hommes blessés par balles à Echirolles puis au Pont-de-Claix, lundi soir". 25 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Guerre des gangs : nouvelle fusillade dans la nuit à Echirolles, un homme blessé". 7 November 2024. Archived from the original on 7 November 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Trafic de drogue. Exposés à un « danger de mort permanent », les occupants de l'immeuble le Carrare, à Échirolles, doivent évacuer les lieux". 25 September 2024. Archived from the original on 25 September 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  10. ↑ ""Je priais pour ne pas recevoir de balle": le témoignage d'une ado de 16 ans, victime collatérale d'une fusillade". 10 February 2025. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Zora, victime collatérale du narcotrafic : « Je vais devoir vivre avec une balle dans la jambe » – Le Parisien". 15 January 2025. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Métropole de Grenoble. Un homme grièvement blessé dans une fusillade à Échirolles". 28 April 2025. Archived from the original on 28 April 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Agglomération grenobloise : une nouvelle fusillade fait quatre blessés près d'un point de deal – ici". 3 May 2025. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "Échirolles : un homme tué par balle en pleine rue - ICI". ICI, le média de la vie locale (in French). 3 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Un jeune homme de 22 ans meurt, touché par plusieurs balles à Échirolles - ICI". ICI, le média de la vie locale (in French). 7 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
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