The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Grenoble, France.
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Grenoble is the prefecture and largest city of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the capital of the Dauphiné historical province and lies where the river Drac flows into the Isère at the foot of the French Alps.
Isère is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019. Its prefecture is Grenoble. It borders Rhône to the northwest, Ain to the north, Savoie to the east, Hautes-Alpes to the south, Drôme and Ardèche to the southwest and Loire to the west.
The Dauphiné, formerly known in English as Dauphiny, is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the Dauphiné of Viennois.
Rhône-Alpes was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. Rhône-Alpes has the sixth-largest economy of any European region.
The Isère is a river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. Its source, a glacier known as the Sources de l'Isère, lies in the Vanoise National Park in the Graian Alps of Savoie, near the ski resort in Val-d'Isère on the border with Italy. An important left-bank tributary of the Rhône, the Isère merges with it a few kilometers north of Valence.
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is a commune in the Isère department, and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in southeastern France.
The Grenoble-Bastille cable car, also affectionately known as Les bulles, is a cable car in the French city of Grenoble. It links the city centre with the Bastille, a former fortress overlooking the city.
The Musée dauphinois, located in Grenoble (France), is dedicated to the ethnography, archaeology, history and society of the former province of Dauphiné, encompassing the current departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. Situated above the neighbourhood of Saint-Laurent in the listed historic monument of Sainte-Marie d’en-Haut, the Musée dauphinois is an accredited “Musée de France“ and takes part in the Long Night of Museums.
Grenoble is the main railway station located in Grenoble, Isère, France. The station was opened on 3 January 1849 and is located on the Lyon–Marseille railway and Grenoble–Montmélian railway. The train services are operated by SNCF.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Marseille, France.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lyon, France.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toulon, France.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Saint-Étienne, France.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Grenoble Internet eXchange or GrenoblIX is the Internet eXchange point (IXP) of Grenoble in Isère and Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes region. GrenoblIX allows to the connected members to exchange traffic in order to avoid routing through faraway infrastructures. This Internet eXchange point is managed by the non-profit organization Rezopole, founded in 2001.
Ravioles du Dauphiné, also known as Ravioles de Romans, are a French regional speciality consisting of two layers of pasta made out of tender wheat flour, eggs and water, surrounding a filling of Comté or French Emmental cheese, faisselle made of cow's milk, butter and parsley, similar to a very tiny ravioli. As the name suggests, they are usually associated with the historical region of Dauphiné in South-Central France, particularly around the town of Romans-sur-Isère in the department of Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Ravioles du Dauphiné appellation has been legally protected since 1989, and received the Label Rouge in 1998 and is also protected by a PGI since 1989.
La Verpillière station is a railway station located in the commune of La Verpillière in the department of Isère, France. La Verpillière is also the nearest railway stop for a bigger commune of Villefontaine located to the south-east. The station was opened in 1858 and is located on the Lyon–Marseille railway of TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes network in the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The train services are operated by SNCF.
Place de Verdun is a public square in the French commune of Grenoble in the French department of Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
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