The lycée Champollion or "Champo" is a French secondary school and

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establishment in

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

, at 1 Cours Lafontaine, one block from the Place Victor Hugo. Its present director is M. Neves. It was M. Mattone before him. The second oldest lycée in Grenoble (after the lycée Stendhal, where the linguist Jean-François Champollion was educated), the lycée Champollion is best known for the quality of its classes préparatoires, making it the traditional school for the elites of

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and Savoy. In 2017, 350 pupils were studying in Seconde, 256 in Première, 232 in Terminale and 982 in CPGE, at the lycée Champollion.

History

The decision to build a second lycée in the town and to name it after the linguist Champollion was taken in 1880. Designs were commissioned from the architect

Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer (6 February 1829 – 7 February 1914) was a French architect. He won the prix de Rome and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris, four of which have been designated ''monuments historiqu ...

and the building was completed in October 1887.

The languages studied

List of languages in alphabetical order: * German * English * Spanish * Italian

Options

* Ancient Greek * Latin * Plastic arts * Music

Classes Préparatoires

In 2007, about 800 students were in classes préparatoires at the lycée Champollion. In 2022, they were about 1000.

External links

The lycée's site.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lycee Champollion Champollion Schools in Grenoble Educational institutions established in 1887 1887 establishments in France