Meylan

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Meylan
Commune
The Avenue de Verdun, in Meylan
Coat of arms
Location of Meylan
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Coordinates: 45°12′33″N 5°46′48″E / 45.2092°N 5.78°E / 45.2092; 5.78
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Meylan
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Cardin[1]
Area 1	12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	18,573
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38229 /38240
Elevation	206–1,313 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]

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]

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]

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]

Inovallée is a science park located at Meylan.

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

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