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The Lycée Hoche is a public secondary school located in 
The school consists of four buildings. The S building houses science classrooms and a large multi-sports gymnasium. In the C building are situated the literature, language, and mathematic classrooms. The C building was the former
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Versailles
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, France
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. Formerly, it had been a nunnery founded by French queen Marie Leszczyńska
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; ; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanis ...
. However, after the French Revolution
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, it became a school in 1803. In 1888, the school was named ''"Lycée Hoche"'' after the French general Lazare Hoche
Louis Lazare Hoche (; 24 June 1768 – 19 September 1797) was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars. He won a victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on ...
who was born in Versailles.
Together with Lycée Henri-IV
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, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
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, Lycée Saint-Louis
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, Lycée Stanislas
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and Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, the Lycée Hoche is one of the most prestigious secondary schools in France. Each year, many of the students coming from its preparatory classes
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are admitted to France's prestigious grandes écoles, such as the École Polytechnique
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* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
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, the École Normale Supérieure
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, HEC Paris and ESSEC
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Business School. Admission to Lycée Hoche is very competitive; the strict selection process is based on academic grades, drawing from middle schools (for entry into high school) and high schools (for entry into the preparatory classes) throughout France. Its educational standards are highly rated and the working conditions are considered optimal due to its demanding recruitment of teachers. Students generally achieve excellent results; topping national rankings for baccalauréat grades in high school and entry into the best grandes écoles in the preparatory classes.
The school consists of four buildings. The S building houses science classrooms and a large multi-sports gymnasium. In the C building are situated the literature, language, and mathematic classrooms. The C building was the former Queen
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's nunnery classified as a historical monument
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since 1926. The D building is where preparatory classes
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* Preparatory school (United Kingdom), an independent school preparing children aged 8–13 for entry into fee-charging independent schools, usually public schools
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, history, and geography are located. Finally, the arts and music rooms are established in the B building.
The 200 years history of this school can be found in the recent book (June 2010) written by the French teacher Marie-Louise Mercier-Jouve: "''Le lycee Hoche de Versailles, deux cents ans d'histoire''" edited by Patrice Dupuy's editions, Paris.
Famous alumni
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* Alain Berton (Chemist)
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* Henri Cartan (Wolf Prize
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recipient)
* Pierre Clostermann
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* Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin
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* Jules Antoine Lissajous
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* Charles Mangin
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* Duško Popov
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* Jean-Cyril Spinetta
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)
Dr. Daniel Choukroun
See also
*Lycée Henri-IV
The Lycée Henri-IV is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges (''lycées'') in France.
The school educates more than ...
* Lycée Louis-le-Grand
The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (), also referred to simply as Louis-le-Grand or by its acronym LLG, is a public Lycée (French secondary school, also known as sixth form college) located on rue Saint-Jacques in central Paris. It was founded in the ...
* Secondary education in France
* Education in France
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External links
* http://www.lyc-hoche-versailles.ac-versailles.fr/ *http://www.amismuseehoche.fr/ *http://www.lyc-hoche-versailles.ac-versailles.fr/spip.php?article126