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Team:Grenoble/Grenoble/Introduction
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Introduction
Grenoble is a city at the foot of the French Alps. The proximity of the mountains as led to the city being known as the "Capital of the Alps".
The city experienced a period of economic expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth century, symbolized by the holding of the Olympic Winter Games in 1968. Grenoble is now a significant scientific center in Europe.
Grenoble is one of the leading European cities in term of high-tech industries, especially bio and nano-technologies. World renowed enterprises have settled in Grenoble and in the surrounding area.
