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Country
• Mayor (2020–2026)
Philippe Cardin[1]
12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
18,573
• Density
1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
• Summer (DST)
INSEE/Postal code
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%
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.
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