Lycée des Francs-Bourgeois

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Lycée des Francs-Bourgeois
Lycée des Francs-Bourgeois (façade).JPG
Main entrance to the Francs-Bourgeois
Location
21 , Paris

France
Coordinates48°51′12″N 2°21′55″E / 48.853204°N 2.365376°E / 48.853204; 2.365376Coordinates: 48°51′12″N 2°21′55″E / 48.853204°N 2.365376°E / 48.853204; 2.365376
Information
TypePrivate establishment under contract of association with the State
Established1843 (1843)
PrincipalM. Moureaux
Facultyaround 2100 students in 2015
Websitefblasalle.fr
A class at the commercial school of the Francs-Bourgeois in 1890.

The lycée des Francs-Bourgeois is a private lasallian establishment located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris (Marais). It was founded on November 21,1843 by the De La Salle Brothers. It consists of a school, a college, and a lycée. The Francs-Bourgeois currently teach just over 2000 (from 1500) : 240 students in primary school (8 classes), 1050 in college (33 classes), 720 students in the lycée (23 classes).

History[]

  • 1312, Louis Ier de Bourbon, grandson of Saint Louis, bought the hôtel du Petit-Musc.
  • 1605, thanks in part to the sum received from the King, Charles, Duke of Mayenne acquired the former hôtel du Vidame de Chartres, located on the royal road from the Porte Saint-Antoine to the Louvre. He begins a programme of great works (improvements to the road and staircase).
  • 1705, Charles Henri, Prince of Commercy, brother of the owner, Mme de Lillebonne, charged Germain Boffrand to improve the hôtel based on the tastes of the day (friezes, etc...).
  • 1759, the become owners of the hôtel which was sold by the last descendant of the Lorraine family, the Comtesse de Marsan called by the Louvre as governess of the children of Louis XV.
  • 1812, Joseph Favart, librarian, bought the hôtel to be a school, which ceased existence in 1870.
  • 1843, Brother Joseph Josserand (1823–1897) founded at 26, rue des Francs-Bourgeois the commercial school of Francs-Bourgeois.
  • 1870, keeping the name of the commercial school of Francs-Bourgeois, the school moved to the at 21, .
  • At the end of the 19th century, the marquis du Bourg de Bozas, by his marriage to Adèle Favart became owner of the hôtel de Mayenne.
  • 1971 the hôtel de Mayenne was bought from the consorts of Bourg de Bozas by the A.E.P (Association d’Éducation Populaire), who guaranteed the school be maintained on rue St Antoine and maintain its lasallian tradition.
  • 1984, acquisition by the A.E.P of building at 3, , now an annex to the lycée.
  • 2012, at the request of Monuments Historiques, the hôtel is renovated and returned to its 17th Century form. The entirety of the establishment is bought up to code.[1]

Location[]

The location is at the heart of Marais, at 21 , in the , having belonged successively to the family of at the time of Charles V of France, Charles VI of France himself, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, the family of the Admiral of Graville, the Bishop of Langres, the Lorraines, notably , Lieutenant General of the Kingdom of the time of the League. The annex of the Lycée is located at 1, , where the students spend their recreation in the in the place des Vosges.

College ranking[]

In 2015, The College of Francs-Bourgeois was ranked 6th out of 172 colleges in exam results (97.64%) at departmental level with 254 enrolments. Since 2012, the level of achievement of the DNB has sat at 99.5%.[2]

Lycée ranking[]

In 2015, the lycée was ranked 4th out of 79 at departmental level, and 7th out of 1617 at national level.[3] In 2016, it was ranked 1st out of 110 lycées at departmental level, and 13th out of 2,277 at national level[4] with, in both cases, achieving 100% at Baccalauréat. The ranking is based on three criteria: The bac results, the proportion of students who obtain their baccalauréat having been at the establishment for their last two years, and capacity for student progression (calculated based on the social origin of the students, their age, their gender, and their results at diploma).[5] Since 2009, the bac results for the Francs-Bourgeois has never dropped below 98%.

In 2016, a Tale student at the lycée des Francs-Bourgeois won 2nd prize in physics/chemistry at the concours général

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ "Historique de l'établissement – Les Francs-Bourgeois". fblasalle.fr. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Palmarès des collèges 2016 – 75 – Paris". france-examen.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Classement des lycées 2016 – Figaro Etudiant". Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. ^ Classement départemental et national du lycée
  5. ^ Méthodologie du classement national des lycées français

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