Saint-Martin-d'Hères
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Commune of Saint-Martin-d'Hères |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Grenoble |
| Canton | Saint-Martin-d’Hères-Nord Saint-Martin-d’Hères-Sud |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Grenoble Alpes Métropole |
| Mayor | René Proby (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 206 m–610 m (avg. 234 m) |
| Land area¹ | 9.26 km² |
| Population² (2005) |
35,500 |
| - Density | 3 834/km² (2005) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 38421/ 38400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Saint-Martin-d'Hères is a commune in the département of Isère and the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, and is adjacent to it on the east. In the 1999 census, Saint-Martin-d'Hères had a population of 35,777. Its land area is 9.26 km² (3.575 sq mi).
[edit] Education
It is the home of the Université Stendhal, a center of higher education in the region. The university features the Centre universitaire d'études françaises (CUEF). The CUEF offers second language instruction in French, and attracts students from a variety of foreign countries. Several universities in the United States sponsor study-abroad programs affiliated with the CUEF.
[edit] Miscellaneous
The commune is the birthplace of NHL goaltender Cristobal Huet.
