Lycée Louis-le-Grand
The lycée's front facing rue Saint-Jacques and side facing rue Cujas | |
Former name | Collège de Clermont (1563–1682) |
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| Type | local public Institution (EPLE) |
| Established | 1 October 1563 |
| Headmaster | Joël Bianco |
| Students | 1,818 students in 2009 |
| Location | 123 rue Saint-Jacques, Paris , France 48°50′53″N 2°20′40″E / 48.848056°N 2.344528°E |
| Medium of instruction | French |
| Website | www |
The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [lise lwi lə gʁɑ̃]), 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 early 1560s by the Jesuits as the Collège de Clermont, was renamed in 1682 after King Louis XIV ("Louis the Great"), and has remained at the apex of France's secondary education system despite its disruption in 1762 following the suppression of the Society of Jesus. It offers both a high school curriculum, and a Classes Préparatoires post-secondary-level curriculum in the sciences, business and humanities.