Lycée Français Anna de Noailles () is a French international school located at 160A
București
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Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...
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Sector 1
Sector 1 is an administrative unit of Bucharest located in the northern part of the city. It contains also the northwestern districts of Băneasa and Pipera. Sector 1 is thought to be the wealthiest sector in Bucharest. Like each of Bucharest sec ...
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Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
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Romania
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Anna de Noailles
Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan; ; 15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933) was a French writer of Romanian, Greek and Bulgarian descent, a poet and a socialist feminist. She was the only female poet ...
, the French writer of Romanian descent, it serves levels ''maternelle'' (preschool) through ''lycée'' (senior high school).
History
The first French school in Romania opened in 1920 and was closed in 1949.
[Historique du lycée]
" ''Lycée Français Anna de Noailles''. Retrieved on 20 February 2015. The first "Lycée français de Bucarest" opened in 1940 and closed in 1949 due to actions from the
Romanian communist authorities. A new French school for children of diplomats was permitted to open in 1956.
The current French school, an embassy school that was originally the École Française de Bucarest, opened in 1960. It received its current name in 1998.
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Construction of the current school began in January 2012 and was completed in 2013.][
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Student body
, 39% of the students were Romanians.[
There are 23 different nationalities in the school as of 2024.
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Alumni
* Claudiu Năsui
Claudiu-Iulius-Gavril Năsui (born 5 May 1985) is a Romanian politician and classical liberal economist.
Born in Bucharest, he completed secondary studies at the Lycée Français Anna de Noailles in his native city. He pursued his undergradua ...
See also
* France–Romania relations
French-Romanian relations are bilateral foreign relations between France and Romania. Diplomatic relations between the two countries date back to 1880, when mutual legations were opened, although contacts between France and Romania's precursor st ...
References
External links
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International schools in Bucharest
High schools in Bucharest
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1960 establishments in Romania
Educational institutions established in 1960
French international schools in Romania