Meylan (; frp, Mèlan) is a
commune in the
Isère department in southeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. It is part of the
Grenoble urban unit The urban unit of Grenoble (french: unité urbaine de Grenoble) is a French urban unit centred on the city of Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image s ...
(agglomeration).
Population
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.
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.
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.
Scolarité / Etablissements
" Meylan. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
The ''École Compleméntaire de Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
'' (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.[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"
Economy
Inovallée
Inovallée (contraction in French for the words innovation and valley) is a science park located at Meylan and Montbonnot-Saint-Martin near Grenoble in France.
Created in 1972 with the acronym ZIRST, it becomes Inovallée in 2005 and houses pri ...
is a science park
A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park”, "technopark", “technopole", or a "science and technology park" (STP)) is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters the growt ...
located at Meylan.
Twin towns
* Didcot
Didcot ( ) is a railway town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and the historic county of Berkshire. Didcot is south of Oxford, east of Wantage and north west of Reading. The town is noted for its railway heritage ...
, United Kingdom, since 1985
* Gonzales, USA, since 1985
* Planegg
Planegg is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the river Würm, 13 km west of Munich (centre).
Economy
Koch Media has its head office in Planegg. It also hosts many biotech-companies, like ADV ...
, Germany, since 1985
References
External links
Home page
Communes of Isère
Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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