The Collège Stanislas de Paris (), colloquially known as Stan, is a highly selective private
Catholic school
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in
Paris
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, situated on "
Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs
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" in the
6th arrondissement. It has more than 3,000 students, from
preschool
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to ''
classes préparatoires
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'' (classes to prepare students for entrance to the
elite ''
grandes écoles Grandes may refer to:
* Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Spanish general and politician
* Banksia ser. Grandes, a series of plant species native to Australia
* Grandes y San Martín, a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spa ...
'' such as
École Polytechnique
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine
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,
CentraleSupélec,