Buffon college

The college Buffon is a public corporation of Secondary education located at Paris in the XV {{E}} district.

Located at the subway Pasteur, the Buffon college consists of a college, a college and of scientific Preparatory classes. It counts 2  000 pupils and students, framed by 170 professors, 4 principal advisers of education, like 50 nonteaching personnel. It also accommodates a training center of adults preparing a BTS and a License of the trades of the real estate.

It is bordered by the Boulevard Pasteur, the Rue of Vaugirard and the Rue of Staël.

One finds a Sundial on the external wall, street of Vaugirard.

History

  • 1885 : The Vaudremer architect designs the “college of the left bank”, which is established on the site of the old cemetery of Vaugirard.

  • 1888 : The establishment takes to the name of “Buffon college” at the time of the centenary of died of the large naturalist.
  • 1889 : First return to school under the direction of Mr. Adam.
  • 1901 : Opening of the first preparatory class.
  • 1914 - 1918: The college is transformed into military hospital.
  • 1939 - 1945: A college of resistance.
  • February 8th 1943: Five high-school pupils of Buffon, Jean Arthus, Jacques Baudry, Pierre Benoit, Pierre Grelot and Lucien Legros are shot by the Germans with the Mont Valérien. They had been stopped then condemned to died for acts of resistance in 1942. This event is recalled by a commemorative plaque located in the hall of the college and by the Place of the Five-Martyr-of-College-Buffon, at the end of the Boulevard Pasteur.
  • June 1944: The professor Raymond Burgard is carried out.
  • 1970 : Introduction of co-education, completed in September 1978.
  • 1988 : Creation of the sporting classes.
  • 1995 : Beginning of renovation works.
  • 1997 : Opening of a new building for the specialized lesson.
  • 1998 : Opening of a school restaurant and a gymnasium.

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