Grenoble

Grenoble (Occitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère River. Located in the Rhône-Alpes région, Grenoble is the préfecture (capital) of the Isère département. Population of the city (commune) of Grenoble at the 1999 census was 153,317 inhabitants (157,900 inhabitants as of February 2004 estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 514,559 inhabitants.

Science and education

In 1339 the University of Grenoble was founded by Pope Benedict XII and the Dauphin Humbert II (the counts of Dauphiné bore the title of Dauphin), whose charter of privileges stipulated that the university should give instruction in civil and canon law, medicine, and the arts. This first attempt at a university foundered, but it was re-established on sound footing by the governor of the Dauphiné in 1542.

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1339 - University of Grenoble - Pope Benedict XII - Humbert II - Civil - Canon law - 1542

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Grenoble is a major scientific center, especially in the fields of physics, computer science and applied mathematics. The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and several laboratories of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) and the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique are located in Grenoble. An IEP is located here, the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble, as well as an increasingly reputated business school, the École de Commerce de Grenoble (ESCG)

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Physics - Computer science - Applied mathematics - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility - Institut Laue-Langevin - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique - IEP - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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The presence of a large international community through both foreign students and foreign researchers has prompted the creation of an international school more than a decade ago: the CSI Europole formally situated downtown in the Lycée International Stendhal across from the Maison du Tourisme. Since 2003 the CSI has moved to the Lycée Europole, near the train station. Originally only four language sections were available: German, Spanish, Italian and English but it also has a Portuguese and an Arabic section. It is now one of France's best secondary education centers.

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CSI Europole - Lycée International Stendhal - Maison du Tourisme - German - Spanish - Italian - English - Portuguese - Arabic

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