page_title: Meyrin
section_title: Heritage sites of national significance
hierarchical_section_title: Meyrin / Heritage sites of national significance
caption_attribution_description: English: CERN - old computer Deutsch: CERN - ein alter Großrechner
context_page_description: Meyrin is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
  The main site of the CERN, a European particle physics research organisation is in Meyrin. Meyrin was originally a small agricultural village until the 1950s, when construction of CERN began just to the north. It is now a commuter town dominated with apartment high-rises, and many of its residents work at CERN or in central Geneva. Geneva International Airport is partially located within Meyrin.
context_section_description: The Mani House and the CERN Archives are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.
caption: Old server in the CERN museum
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