The Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat, also referred to simply as Pierre-de-Fermat, is a public

Lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

, located in the ''Parvis des Jacobins'' in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

, in the immediate vicinity of the

Place du Capitole 300px, The Capitole back side The Capitole de Toulouse ( oc, Capitòli de Tolosa, link=no; ), commonly known as the ''Capitole'', is the heart of the municipal administration of the French city of Toulouse and its city hall. __NOTOC__ Hi ...

; It occupies a large space in the city center including the

Hôtel de Bernuy The Hôtel de Bernuy in rue Léon Gambetta, Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance ''hôtel particulier'' (''palace'') of the 16th century built by the mason Louis Privat for the wealthy woad merchant, Jean de Bernuy. This townhouse is considered a m ...

. It adjoins the cloister and the

church of the Jacobins The Church of the Jacobins is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic church located in Toulouse, France. It is a large brick building whose construction started in 1230, and whose architecture influenced the development of the ''Gothique méridional'' (So ...

. 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 for a total of just over 1,800 students, including 950 students in

Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles The ''classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles'' (CPGE) (English: Higher School Preparatory Classes), commonly called ''classes prépas'' or ''prépas'', are part of the French post-secondary education system. They consist of two years of stud ...

(CPGE). 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 and 3rd nationwide for the physics and engineering stream https://diplomeo.com/actualite-classement_prepa in 2022.

Notable alumni

* Suzanne Aigrain, a professor of Astrophysics *

Jean Dussourd Jean Dussourd (born 1948) is a French civil servant (prefect). Jean René Louis Dussourd was born on 2 January 1948 in Castres, Tarn. He was a student at Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat in Toulouse and lycée Voltaire in Paris. "Dussourd, Jean, René ...

, a French civil servant *

Marie-Sophie Lacarrau Marie-Sophie Lacarrau (born 20 September 1975 in Villefranche-de-RouergueClaire Raynaud« Marie-Sophie Lacarrau : du Capitole à la capitale »on ''La Dépêche du Midi'', 27 December 2015) is a French journalist and TV presenter. Biography ...

, a French journalist and TV presenter *

Robert Miguet Robert Miguet (born 30 December 1929 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French civil servant. He was a student of the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat in Toulouse. He is a graduate of Institut d’études politiques de Toulouse (IEP Toulouse). Career * ...

, a French civil servant *

Louis Pailhas Louis Pailhas (2 March 1926 – 6 February 2021) was a French public servant. From December 1967 to 1982, he was the director-general of the ''École nationale de l'aviation civile'' (French civil aviation university). Biography Pailhas was ...

, a French public servant *

Khalilou Sall Khalilou Sall ( Saint Louis, October 3, 1926-Dakar, April 16, 2008) was a Senegalese politician and engineer. He was one of the founders of the PAI. Life He studied at the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat in Toulouse and at the ESME-Sudria in Paris, and ...

, a Senegalese politician and engineer *

Victor Ségoffin Victor Joseph Jean Ambroise Ségoffin (5 March 1867 – 17 October 1925) was a French sculptor. Biography Born in Toulouse, Ségoffin's early education was at the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat. After school he was admitted to the Toulouse School o ...

, a French sculptor *

Carlos Tavares Carlos Tavares (born 14 August 1958) is a Portuguese businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Stellantis, the world's sixth largest automaker by sales, formed by the merger of the PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. He was former ...

, a Portuguese businessman *

Jean-Michel Vernhes Jean-Michel Vernhes (born in 1950 at Mazamet) is a French public servant. He is the current President of French Airports (''Union des aéroports français'') and of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. Biography Graduate from ''classes préparatoires ...

, a French public servant *

Georges Pompidou Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( , ; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously was Prime Minister of France of President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 196 ...

, a former French president

References

External links

Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat
(official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lycee Pierre de Fermat 1806 establishments in France Education in Toulouse Educational institutions established in 1806