Lycée Thiers

The Lycée Thiers is a public secondary school in the city center of Marseille and obtains the best results of the academy of Aix-Marseille. It is considered one of the most demanding in France. History The law of May 1, 1802 decided the creation of 45 secondary schools in France. The "Lycée de Marseille" was opened on December 22, 1802. Under Napoléon III, it was called "Lycée Impérial". In 1930, it took the name of "Lycée Thiers." Today The Lycée Thiers is constituted by a college of 400 pupils and a lycee of 1900 pupils, with 980 pupils studying in the "classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles" (classes to prepare students for entrance to the élite grandes écoles)! Famous alumni Paul Arène, writer Gabriel Audisio, writer Édouard Balladur, politician Marcel Brion, writer Ferdinand Brunetière, writer Albert Cohen, writer Alain Connes, mathematician Marc Fumaroli, historian Jonathan Gilad, pianist Jerome Guillen, director of car manufacturing at Tesla Camille Jullian, historian and philologist Henri-Irénée Marrou, historian Joseph Méry, journalist Marcel Pagnol, writer and filmmaker Edmond Rostand, writer Pierre Tapie, director of l'ESSEC Serge Tchuruk, businessman André Turcat, test pilot of the Concorde Paul Veyne, historian and archaeologist