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Lycée Français de Madrid
French international school in Madrid, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lycée Français de Madrid (LFM, Spanish: Liceo Francés de Madrid) is a French international school in Madrid, Spain. It serves levels maternelle (preschool) until lycée (senior high school). It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad.[1] It has two campuses: the Conde de Orgaz in Hortaleza,[2] northeast Madrid and Saint-Exupéry in La Moraleja, Alcobendas.[3][4] As of 2012 it is the world's largest French international school.[5]
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History
It was established in an apartment on Calle Santa Isabel in 1885, with 50 students. It previously occupied a campus on Calle Marqués de la Ensenada.[5]
In 1980 the Spanish journalist and writer Enrique Meneses wrote a letter to the editor to El País urging for the school to be saved after an announcement came stating that the school may close due to financial difficulties. [6]
The school celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2011.[7]
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Operations
As of 2009 there were 290 teachers and 100 other employees. The French government provides salaries for the teachers.[5]
As of 2009 base tuition was 800 euros per student along with course fees which ranged from 3,700 euros to 4,200 euros per student.[5]
Campuses
The Conde de Orgaz campus was designed by Spanish architect Alfredo Rodriguez Orgaz and two French architects, Pierre Sonrel and Jean Duthilleul.[8] The Conde de Orgaz campus has five libraries, a theatre, athletic facilities, and computer rooms.[5]
Student body
As of 2009 about half of the school's 3,945 students were Spanish and about half came from France and other Francophone countries.[5]
In 2012 the Conde de Orgaz campus had 3,500 students.[9]
As of 2009 the alumni association has over 500 members.[5]
Athletics
The LFM rugby team was established in 1968 by the efforts of Luis Abad "Luison".[10] As of 2012 it was the most common sport among Conde de Orgaz campus students due to rugby's role in the French school curriculum.[9]
Notable alumni
The alumni include actors, economists, and politicians.[2]
- Hiba Abouk - Spanish actress[11]
- José Luis Álvarez - Spanish politician[6]
- Hugues Aufray - French singer[12][6]
- Miguel Bosé - Spanish musician and actor
- Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou - Legitimist claimant to the French throne
- Miguel Ángel Moratinos - Spanish politician
- Raimundo Saporta - Spanish basketball administrator[13][6]
- Ramón Tamames - Spanish politician and economist[14][6]
- Tristán Ulloa - Spanish actor[2]
- Antonio Vega (singer) - Spanish songwriter, singer and composer
- Enzo Zidane - French-Spanish football player and son of former French international player Zinedine Zidane
- Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou - Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Harvard Scholar and political historian
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See also
- Institut français de Madrid
- Liceo Español Luis Buñuel, a Spanish international school near Paris, France
References
External links
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