French Alpine city (8)
I believe the answer is:
grenoble
'french alpine city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for grenoble that I've seen before include "City of SE France" , "European city" , "City of south-eastern France" , "French Alpine city" , "City of alpine France, capital of the Isere department" .)