Meylan

Meylan
Meylan
Commune
	The Avenue de Verdun, in Meylan
	Coat of arms
	Location of Meylan
	Meylan Meylan
	Coordinates: 45°12′33″N 5°46′48″E / 45.2092°N 5.78°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Meylan
Intercommunality	Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Cardin
Area 1	12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Population (2021)	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]

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%

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]