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Venue > About GrenobleLocated in the valley of the river Isère and surrounded by the mountains, Grenoble is a regional capital in the heart of the French Alps and Olympic city. With 60000 students and 5500 faculty, it is one of the leading academic communities in France, and an important European scientific centre.
If you'd like more photographs from the town and the surroundings, please visit P. Jayet's and Grenoble Alpes websites.
How to get to Grenoble ? There are several ways to reach Grenoble. Three airports serve the Grenoble area:
A direct TGV train line also connects Paris to Grenoble in 3h (every day), from the main train station (Gare de Lyon) or the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle international airport. TER trains also link the city to Geneva in Switzerland (2h), to Milan (4h), to southern Alps (Gap, Sisteron) and to Valence (1h) where you can change for the TGV to Southern-France. More info on SNCF website. Additional information on how to get to Grenoble is available on Grenoble in wikitravel and on Grenoble Alpes website.
A city of history Grenoble’s history goes back over 2,000 years. The quiet Roman city of Gratianopolis became the capital of the Dauphiné in the 11th century, and was annexed to the French kingdom 3 centuries later. The city really entered the national historical record in 1788, when riots in town prompted the Dauphin Parliament to ask that the kingdom Etats Généraux should meet, an event that marks the start of the French revolution. The late 18th century also triggered the industrial and cultural development of the city. The renowned glove industry of the 18th and 19th centuries continued with the development of a strong hydropower industry in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, which stimulated mechanical construction, electrical engineering, and eventually microelectronics. In 1968, Grenoble hosted the 10th Winter Olympics, which contributed to the development of tourism in Dauphiné: the Chamrousse ski resort, where the ski competitions took place in 1968, is only 20 minutes away from the city center. Today, the city has grown to be one of Europe’s most important research, technology, and innovation centers, with each fifth inhabitant working directly in these domains. If you'd like to know more, please also visit the website of Office de Tourisme Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
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