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 Camille-Sée High School - Paris 15th à Paris 1er dans Paris 15ème

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Lycée
Paris

Camille-Sée High School - Paris 15th

    11 Rue Léon-Lhermitte
    75015 Paris 15e Arrondissement
Lycée Camille-Sée - Paris 15ème
Lycée Camille-Sée - Paris 15ème
Lycée Camille-Sée - Paris 15ème
Lycée Camille-Sée - Paris 15ème
Crédit photo : Eleven Eight (Olivier Laurent) - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1878-1880
Camille Sée Law
1931
Foreground
1ᵉʳ juin 1935
Inauguration
1939-1945
Second World War
1994
Commemorative plaque
12 janvier 1995
MH classification
2010
British International Section
2012
CHAS classes
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

High school (Box 15: 01 BW 4): registration by decree of 12 January 1995

Key figures

Camille Sée - Politician Inspiring the Young Girls Education Act.
François Le Cœur - Architect Manufacturer of the school, died before it was completed.
Marie-Thérèse Évrard - First Director Directed the high school from its inauguration in 1935.
Simone de Beauvoir - Teacher Exercise in 1939 before his literary career.
Jeanne Dumont - Professor of letters Just among the nations for saving a Jewish family.
Yves Allix - Painter Author of the fresco of the teachers' room.

Origin and history

The lycée Camille-Sée, built in the 1930s in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, embodies Art Deco architecture with its clean lines, interior mosaics and glass rotunda. Inaugurated in 1935 on the site of an old gas factory — from which the balloon taking Léon Gambetta during the siege of Paris was raised in 1870 — it was designed by architect François Le Coeur, whose son completed the work after his death. The building, with foundations strengthened due to unstable soil, has five floors and three underground levels, reflecting the constraints of the small terrain.

Originally dedicated to the education of girls, the high school pays tribute to Camille Sée, MP who had carried the 1880 law on their schooling. During the Second World War, he served briefly as a hospital. Its spatial organization, marked by now missing escalators and an underground connecting the Saint-Lambert Square (reserved for students), illustrates a desire for modernity. The fresco of Yves Allix in the teachers' room and the mosaics of the halls, typical of the 1930s, underline its artistic character.

Ranked a Historical Monument in 1995 for its style and role in the history of female education, the high school now welcomes high school students from the 7th, 15th and 16th arrondissements. He has been offering a British international section since 2010 and sports time classes since 2012. Its academic ranking (93rd out of 110 in 2016) and its success rate at the baccalaureate (100% in 2017 for the international section) testify to its anchoring in the Parisian educational landscape.

The high school was also linked to prominent personalities: Simone de Beauvoir taught there in 1939, Jeanne Dumont (Just among the nations) saved a Jewish family there, and figures like Marie-Caroline Le Pen or Matthieu Pigasse were students there. Its architecture inspired film shoots, including 120 beats per minute (2017) and Short (Canal+). A commemorative plaque honours François Le Coeur, inaugurated in 1994 by Édouard Balladur.

The establishment, organized around a paved courtyard and lavish galleries, includes a main building and a sports annex rue Mademoiselle. Its access is facilitated by the metro stations Commerce (line 8) and Vaugirard (line 12). Despite initial structural challenges, there remains an emblematic example of the Paris high schools of the 1930s, combining architectural heritage and educational mission.

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