Meyzieu is a town in the east of the Lyon metropolitan area, about fifteen kilometres from the centre of Lyon. Long a farming village of the eastern plain, it grew from the 1960s onwards around estates of detached houses, then around a centre rebuilt around the town hall, the shops and the park. It counts close to 36 700 residents today.
The town is laid out in three parts. The Centre, around the town hall and the avenue de la République, concentrates the shops, the services and the flats. The north-west, from Le Rontet to Le Carreau, runs along the Grand Large lake and its leisure park, shared with Décines-Charpieu. The east and south-east are home to the Meyzieu-Jonage industrial estate, one of the main business areas of the conurbation. The T3 tram crosses the town from Lyon Part-Dieu, with the Meyzieu Gare, Meyzieu - Lycée Colonel Beltrame, Meyzieu Z.I. and Meyzieu - Les Panettes stops; the Rhônexpress calls at Meyzieu Z.I. before reaching Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport.
The geography of prices follows that structure. Le Rontet, to the north-west, and Le Carreau, to the north, show the highest levels, carried by a sought-after fabric of detached houses. The Centre sits just above the town average. The most affordable sectors are to the east and the south, around La Jacquière and Les Plantées.
