Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat explained
| Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat |
| Type: | local public Institution (EPLE) |
| Established: | 1806 |
| Head Label: | Headmaster |
| Head: | Maurice D'Angelo |
| Students: | 1,898 |
| City: | Toulouse |
| Country: | France |
| Coor: | 43.6031°N 1.4391°W |
| Free: | French |
The Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat, also referred to simply as Pierre-de-Fermat, is a public Lycée, located in the Parvis des Jacobins in Toulouse, in the immediate vicinity of the Place du Capitole; It occupies a large space in the city center including the Hôtel de Bernuy. It adjoins the cloister and the church of the Jacobins.[1]
At the start of the 2021 school year, the high school has 9 second, first and final year classes of an average of 30 students[2] for a total of just over 1,800 students, including 950 students in Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles (CPGE).[3] It hosts one of the best preparatory classes to the grandes écoles program of the country – a post-secondary intensive multidisciplinary program : it ranked 8th nationwide for the literary stream [4] and 3rd nationwide for the physics and engineering stream [5] in 2022.
Notable alumni
- Suzanne Aigrain, a professor of Astrophysics
- Pierre Debeaux, polymath architect and geometer
- Jean Dussourd, a French civil servant
- Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, a French journalist and TV presenter
- Robert Miguet, a French civil servant
- Louis Pailhas, a French public servant
- Khalilou Sall, a Senegalese politician and engineer
- Victor Ségoffin, a French sculptor
- Carlos Tavares, a Portuguese businessman
- Jean-Michel Vernhes, a French public servant
- Georges Pompidou, a former French president
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2006/03/14/68368-le-lycee-fermat-fete-ses-200-ans.html Toulouse. Le Lycée Fermat fête ses 200 ans
- https://www.letudiant.fr/lycee/annuaire-des-lycees/fiche/lycee-general-pierre-de-fermat-31.html Lycée général Pierre de Fermat
- https://www.techno-science.net/glossaire-definition/Lycee-Pierre-de-Fermat-page-2.html Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat – Définition et Explications
- https://www.letudiant.fr/palmares/classement-prepa/premiere-sup-a-l.html
- https://diplomeo.com/actualite-classement_prepa
