Grenoble, a strongly fortified city of France, capital of the dep. of Isère, on the river Isère, 58 m. SE. of Lyons; there are several fine old cathedrals, and a university with a library of 170,000 vols.; the manufacture of kid gloves is the staple industry.
Population (circa 1900) given as 57,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Grenfell, Sir Francis Wallace * Grenville, George