Meylan

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Meylan

(2020–2026) Philippe Cardin^[1]Area

12.32 km² (4.76 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

18,573 • Density1,500/km² (3,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38229 /38240

Elevation206–1,313 m (676–4,308 ft)
(avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meylan (French pronunciation: [mɛlɑ̃]; Arpitan: Mèlan) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3] It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	937	—
1800	1,074	+1.97%
1806	978	−1.55%
1821	1,002	+0.16%
1831	1,117	+1.09%
1836	1,211	+1.63%
1841	1,179	−0.53%
1846	1,169	−0.17%
1851	1,097	−1.26%
1856	1,072	−0.46%
1861	1,049	−0.43%
1866	1,094	+0.84%
1872	1,118	+0.36%
1876	1,082	−0.81%
1881	1,015	−1.27%
1886	1,014	−0.02%
1891	905	−2.25%
1896	930	+0.55%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	874	−1.23%
1906	879	+0.11%
1911	911	+0.72%
1921	934	+0.25%
1926	950	+0.34%
1931	1,021	+1.45%
1936	1,129	+2.03%
1946	1,236	+0.91%
1954	1,717	+4.19%
1962	3,113	+7.72%
1968	6,534	+13.15%
1975	12,122	+9.23%
1982	14,561	+2.65%
1990	17,863	+2.59%
1999	18,741	+0.53%
2007	17,200	−1.07%
2012	17,646	+0.51%
2017	17,129	−0.59%

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Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

Misuse of public money

In 2013, the newly reelected Mayor of Meylan Marie-Christine Tardy was brought to justice for unlawfully taking interest in an affair concerning her husband's remuneration.^[7]

In 2016, she received a suspended sentence of 18 months in jail and 5 years of ineligibility. Her husband also received a suspended sentence, of 12 months in jail. Both paid fines of over €20,000.^[8]

Education

There are five groups of preschools (écoles maternelles) and elementary schools: Béalières, Buclos/Grand Pré, Haut-Meylan, Maupertuis, and Mi-Plaine. There are two junior high schools, Collège des Buclos and Collège Lionel Terray, and a senior high school, Lycée du Grésivaudan.^[9]

The École Compleméntaire de Grenoble (グルノーブル補習授業校 Gurunōburu Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a part-time Japanese supplementary school, is held in the École Élémentaire Mi-Plaine.^[10]

Economy

Inovallée is a science park located at Meylan.

Twin towns

Didcot, United Kingdom, since 1985
Gonzales, USA, since 1985
Planegg, Germany, since 1985

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Meylan, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "La maire de Meylan mise en examen". 24 July 2013.
^ "Isère: l'ex-maire de Meylan condamnée". 5 April 2016.
^ "Scolarité / Etablissements." Meylan. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
^ "欧州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Retrieved on May 10, 2014. "Ecole Complementaire de Grenoble Ecole Elementaire Mi-Plaine 12 Rue des Aiguinarcls 38240 Meylan, FRANCE"