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Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , ; ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realis ...

is a French international school in

La Marsa La Marsa ( ') is a coastal city located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, situated along the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Tunis Governorate and has a population of around 100,000 people. The city is known for its beaches, upscale resid ...

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

. It serves levels ''sixième'' of ''collège'' (junior high school/middle school) until ''terminale'', the final year of ''lycée'' (senior high school/sixth form college). It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), an agency of the French government. - Purple means "Gestion directe" (directly operated), and this school is in the color code for purple. The Société du Collège Maurice Cailloux, founded on October 1, 1948, by French officials and farmers, established the school, initially a private boarding school for French children. It was named the Collège Maurice Cailloux in 1952. The school was developed by the architect Tissot. The French government purchased the facility in 1957. It was originally established as a ''collège'' only and was an annex of the Lycée Français de Carthage, which at the time was newly built. Collège Cailloux was extended to the ''lycée'' level when the former Lycée Français de Carthage was given to the Tunisian government in 1961 as part of the

independence of Tunisia Tunisian independence was a process that occurred from 1952 to 1956 between France and an independence movement, led by Habib Bourguiba. He became the first Prime Minister of Tunisia, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia after negotiations w ...

. The school was officially renamed Lycée Gustave Flaubert, but is still popularly known as "lycée Cailloux" even after it adopted its current official name on May 27, 1998.Qui sommes nous ?
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. Lycée Gustave Flaubert. Retrieved on February 24, 2016. As of 2015-2016 it had 1,571 students and 220 staff.

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