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THE GRENOBLE REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL
AUTHORITY
THE RHÔNE-ALPES REGION
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in economic terms Rhône-Alpes is France’s second largest
region, after the Paris area with 5.65 million inhabitants
(equivalent to Denmark or Finland),
o the tenth among the largest European regions.
o an area of 43 700 km², comparable to Switzerland or the
Netherlands
o Grenoble, the largest urban area in the French Alps, boasts a
unique mountain setting and through the centuries has made
its marks as a pioneering city open to the world. It has a
strategic position in Europe:
50 minutes from Lyon, 1h30 from Geneva and 2 h from Turin,
3h from Paris by TGV high-speed train, close to two
international airports.
o a very high economic and touristic development, among the
most important European economic areas
Fields of activity :
agriculture : It is made remarkable by many regional
specialities with the AOC label, enhanced by a dynamic farmproduce industry ;
a highly diversified leading industrial sector
Traditional sectors that have adapted to technical progress
(chemistry, textile, mechanics, wood, paper,...)
High-tech activities (electronics, informatics, biotechnology,
nanotechnology...)
the service and summer and winter tourism
The regional educational authority in Grenoble represents,
5 main administrative divisions of France
Ardèche (07), Drôme (26), Isère (38), Savoie (73),
Haute-Savoie (74)
2, 879 208 inhabitants
4.9 % of the French population
characteristic of its large area and its wide geographic
diversity :
o with rural and mountain territories
o densely populated center : five cities over 100,000
habitants : Grenoble (416,000) Annecy (137 000), Chambéry
(113,500), Valence (117,450), Annemasse (148,966).
o an exceptional natural location and a high living standard
o an outstanding natural heritage :
The national parks of la Vanoise and les Ecrins,
the natural regional parks of le Vercors, La Chartreuse,
Bauges and Monts d’Ardèche,
the mountain ranges of Belledonne and Mont Blanc (the roof
of Europe, a reference for the alpinists)
the Leman, le Bourget and Annecy lakes,
It offers a host of open air leisure opportunities : touring,
trekking, climbing, skiing, (166 ski resorts in the Alps),
mountain-biking, speleology (the Berger and Bernard caves,
considered as the deepest in the world), canoeing, rafting,
gliding, paragliding …
An Olympic region :
The olympic flame glowed three times :
The Olympic games in Chamonix (1924 – first winter
Olympic games in the history),
The Olympic games in Grenoble (1968)
The Olympic games in Albertville (1992).
A vibrant cultural scene
o rich with museums:
Musée de Grenoble (the oldest museum of modern art in
France),
Musée Dauphinois
Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation,
Muséum d'Histoire naturelle,
the Baroque paths in Savoie,
the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc prehistoric cave in Ardèche,
o rich with musical festivals - "38ème Rugissants", "Jazz à
Vienne",
o rich with cinema festivals – Grenoble (short featuresfilms
in open air), Autrans (mountain and adventure), Annecy
(international festival of cartoon films, « Annecy Italian
cinema », «Annecy Spanish cinema »), St-Gervais (humor)…
o and many long-feature shootings in the area
A leading centre for public research with an established
international reputation in several fields:
Mathematics, computing,physics, materials and electronics,
centre of excellence such as micro and nanotechnology
(MINATEC), language sciences, structural biology life
sciences, industrial engineering, information and
communication science and technology, energy and the
environment,
Atomic energy commission Grenoble (CEA-CENG), the
laboratories of the five universities
laboratories of CNRS(nat.scient.res.cent), INSERM
(national inst.for health and medical res), INRIA(nat.inst.of
applied comp.res), Synchrotron (European Synchrotron
Radiation Facility),
Major facilities, international laboratories and the research
and development units of many companies have located in
the area to benefit from its outstanding academic and
scientific environment
A regional educational authority, strong with its
5 universities
University Joseph Fourier : Science, Technology Medicine
University Pierre Mendès France : Social and human
Sciences
University Stendhal : Literature, Languages, Linguistics and
Communication
Université de Savoie : pluridisciplinary
INPG Grenoble Engineering science : 9 engineer schools
IUFM graduate teacher training college in Grenoble,
Valence, Chambéry
An international reputation
Many links of international cooperation with most European
regions and in the whole world.
An ambitious policy of exchanges – European programs
Socrates or Leonardo, double diplomas, joint diplomas
Hosting foreign professors and researchers
Partnership with l'Agence pour l'enseignement du français à
l'étranger (AEFE)French education establishments abroad .
The Grenoble regional educational authority in figures
2006-2007
677 418 pupils, apprentices and students, the 7th area in
France for its number of pupils
The 1st in France for its rate of success at the
baccalaureat, all curricula : 87.2 %
3, 889 schools
including:
3,104 primary schools
548 secondary schools
5 universities, including INPG (Grenoble Engineering
science)
1 graduate teacher training college
65,744 academic staff members (both administrative
and teachers)
48 486 teachers
among which:
19,088 in the primary schools
25,624 in the secondary schools
3,546 in the universities
6 578 administrative
(career advisers, year heads, headmasters, school
inspectorates...)
10 908 staff ATOS(non teaching, administrative, social,
health and technical staff)
Budget: 2.153 billion euros