Lycée Thiers

The Lycée Thiers is a public secondary school in the city center of Marseille and obtains the best results of the academy of Aix-Marseille. It is considered one of the most demanding in France.

Lycée Thiers
Entrance to the Lycée
Location
Marseille , France
Information
Type	public school
Founded	1802
Founder	Napoleon I
Director	Philippe Freydefont
Grades	Collège Lycée CPGE
Website	http://www.lyc-thiers.ac-aix-marseille.fr

Inner courtyard of the Lycée

History

The law of May 1, 1802 decided the creation of 45 secondary schools in France. The "Lycée de Marseille" was opened on December 22, 1802. Under Napoléon III, it was called "Lycée Impérial". In 1930, it took the name of "Lycée Thiers."

Today

The Lycée Thiers is constituted by a college of 400 pupils and a lycee of 1900 pupils, with 980 pupils studying in the "classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles" (classes to prepare students for entrance to the élite grandes écoles)!

Famous alumni

• Paul Arène, writer
• Gabriel Audisio, writer
• Édouard Balladur, politician
• Marcel Brion, writer
• Ferdinand Brunetière, writer
• Albert Cohen, writer
• Alain Connes, mathematician
• Marc Fumaroli, historian
• Jonathan Gilad, pianist
• Jerome Guillen, director of car manufacturing at Tesla
• Camille Jullian, historian and philologist
• Henri-Irénée Marrou, historian
• Joseph Méry, journalist
• Marcel Pagnol, writer and filmmaker
• Edmond Rostand, writer
• Pierre Tapie, director of l'ESSEC
• Serge Tchuruk, businessman
• André Turcat, test pilot of the Concorde
• Paul Veyne, historian and archaeologist