Lycée Josy Barthel ( en, Josy Barthel High School), abbreviated to LJBM, is a

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

Mamer Mamer () is a commune and town (strictly classified as a village) in south-western Luxembourg. It is located west of Luxembourg City. The commune includes Mamer itself, and also the smaller communities of Capellen and Holzem. Mamer is situated on ...

, in south-western

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. It was opened in September 2003, and cost

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67.4m to build. It comprises 60 classrooms and 16 workshops, and has a capacity of 1,300 students. It is named after

Josy Barthel Joseph ("Josy") Barthel (24 April 1927 – 7 July 1992) was a Luxembourgish athlete. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete representing Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at t ...

, winner of Luxembourg's only

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gold medal-winner and former cabinet member. It is served by its own

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, Mamer Lycée, which lies to the west. The first denomination of the highschool was Lycée technique Josy Barthel and has been changed into Lycée Josy Barthel on 1 September 2009. Since then the school offers all class from 7th to 1st degree (enseignement secondaire).

Footnotes

External links

Lycée Josy Barthel official website

Buildings and structures in Mamer Organisations based in Mamer Educational institutions established in 2003 2003 establishments in Luxembourg Educational institutions in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-school-stub