Meylan
Commune
The Avenue de Verdun, in Meylan
The Avenue de Verdun, in Meylan
Coat of arms of Meylan
Coat of arms
Location of Meylan
Meylan is located in France
Meylan
Meylan
Meylan is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Meylan
Meylan
Coordinates: 45°12′33″N 5°46′48″E / 45.2092°N 5.78°E / 45.2092; 5.78
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentIsère
ArrondissementGrenoble
CantonMeylan
IntercommunalityGrenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Cardin[1]
Area
1
12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 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
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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%
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

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Unité urbaine 2020 de Grenoble (38701), INSEE
  5. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Meylan, EHESS (in French).
  6. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ↑ "La maire de Meylan mise en examen". 24 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Isère: l'ex-maire de Meylan condamnée". 5 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Scolarité / Etablissements." Meylan. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ "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"
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