The Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour sits behind an imposing, soot-streaked stone wall on Avenue Trudaine, distinguished by its grid of tall, uniform windows and the heavy iron gates that guard its courtyard. Originally established as the Collège Rollin in the eighteen thirties, it moved here to educate the sons of the local bourgeoisie. During the Nazi occupation, the school’s director, Marcel Mérigonde, and several students joined the French Resistance, eventually adopting the name of a fallen teacher and resistance leader, Jacques Decour.
Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour
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