French Alpine city (8)
I believe the answer is:
grenoble
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">french alpine city</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(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" .)