The Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat, also referred to simply as Pierre-de-Fermat, is a public
Lycée, located in the ''Parvis des Jacobins'' in
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
, in the immediate vicinity of the
Place du Capitole; It occupies a large space in the city center including the
Hôtel de Bernuy. It adjoins the cloister and the
church of the Jacobins
The Church of the Jacobins is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic church located in Toulouse, France. It is a large brick building whose construction started in 1230, and whose architecture influenced the development of the ''Gothique méridional'' (S ...
.
At the start of the 2021 school year, the high school has 9 second, first and final year classes of an average of 30 students for a total of just over 1,800 students, including 950 students in
Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles (CPGE).
It hosts one of the best preparatory classes to the grandes écoles program of the country - a post-secondary intensive multidisciplinary program : it ranked 8th nationwide for the literary stream and 3rd nationwide for the physics and engineering stream
[ https://diplomeo.com/actualite-classement_prepa ] in 2022.
Notable alumni
*
Suzanne Aigrain, a professor of Astrophysics
*
Jean Dussourd, a French civil servant
*
Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, a French journalist and TV presenter
*
Robert Miguet, a French civil servant
*
Louis Pailhas
Louis Pailhas (2 March 1926 – 6 February 2021) was a French public servant.
From December 1967 to 1982, he was the director-general of the ''École nationale de l'aviation civile'' (French civil aviation university).
Biography
Pailhas was ...
, a French public servant
*
Khalilou Sall, a Senegalese politician and engineer
*
Victor Ségoffin, a French sculptor
*
Carlos Tavares
Carlos Tavares (born 14 August 1958) is a Portuguese businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Stellantis, the world's sixth largest automaker by sales, formed by the merger of the PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. He was former ...
, a Portuguese businessman
*
Jean-Michel Vernhes, a French public servant
*
Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou ( , ; 5 July 19112 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously was Prime Minister of France of President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 196 ...
, a former French president
References
External links
Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat(official website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lycee Pierre de Fermat
1806 establishments in France
Education in Toulouse
Educational institutions established in 1806