The lycée Champollion or "Champo" is a French
secondary school and
higher education
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establishment in
Grenoble
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, 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
Dauphiné
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and
Savoy
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.
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 and the building was completed in October 1887.
The languages studied
List of languages in alphabetical order:
* German
* English
* Spanish
* Italian
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* 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.
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Champollion
Schools in Grenoble
Educational institutions established in 1887
1887 establishments in France