Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 18,770 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Meylan grades B+ overall: better than 67% of compared French towns, and #31 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Meylan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Meylan with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Meylan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Grenoble, 2.6 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Meylan. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Grenoble4.2 km southwest, in Grenoble
AttractionBastille4.5 km west, in Grenoble
MuseumMusée de l'Ancien Evêché4.3 km southwest, in Grenoble
MuseumMusée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l'Isère4.3 km southwest, in Grenoble
AttractionTour Perret4.7 km southwest, in GrenoblePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meylan.
On this, Meylan is above both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 34.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Meylan comes above both Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,563/m², comes from 680 sales of houses and apartments in Meylan from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Meylan sell for €4,417/m² and apartments for €3,409/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,417/m² | 140 |
| Apartments | €3,409/m² | 540 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Meylan, that is below both Isère’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,657 residents of Meylan died, against 2,216 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 512 offenses in the graded categories in Meylan in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.2% of the index here. With 11,350 jobs for 7,800 working residents, Meylan draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Meylan sits above both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Over-65s are 27% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Meylan | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.1% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 62% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Meylan above both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les BuclosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 92%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du GrésivaudanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 364 | 96%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Philippine Duchesne - site de La Tronche PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 51 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Meylan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Meylan.
Gabriel de Mortillet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meylan | 18,770 | — | B+ | D | C | A |
| Corenc | 4,215 | 0.9 | C+ | D− | C− | B+ |
| La Tronche | 6,424 | 1.7 | B− | D | D− | A |
| Montbonnot-Saint-Martin | 5,698 | 1.7 | B+ | D | C+ | A |
| Gières | 7,376 | 2.1 | C+ | D | D− | A |
| Saint-Martin-d'Hères | 37,695 | 2.7 | C− | C | D | C+ |
| Domène | 6,835 | 2.9 | B | C− | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #52 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 156 burglaries and 115 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #51 of 102 in Isère. 96% of 364 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Grésivaudan in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,563/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Meylan grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Meylan is a commune of 18,770 people in the Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
