Lycée Pierre Mendès France (Tunisia)

The Lycée Pierre Mendès France is a French private lycée (high school) in Mutuelleville, Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1956 as an annex of the Lycée Carnot of Tunis, and originally named the "Lycée Francais de Mutuelleville." It was renamed in honor of politician Pierre Mendès-France on the occasion of President François Mitterrand's 1983 visit to Tunisia.

Lycée Pierre Mendès France
Main entrance gate
Address
9 rue Pierre Mendes France – B.P. 125 – 1082 Tunis El Mahrajene – Tunisie

Mutuelleville, Tunis

Tunisia
Coordinates36°50′01.54″N 10°10′31.07″E
Information
TypePrivate lycée (high school)
Founded1956 (1956)
LanguageFrench
Websiteert.tn/pmf/

President Jacques Chirac visited the school in December, 2003. He caused some controversy when he told the students "Wearing a veil, whether we want it or not, is a sort of aggression that is difficult for us to accept."[1][2]

It is a part of the Établissement Régional de Tunis (ERT) along with two primary schools, the École Georges Brassens and the École Robert Desnos.[3]

References
  1. Henley, Jon. "Something aggressive about veils, says Chirac Archived 2016-12-01 at the Wayback Machine." The Guardian. Saturday 6 December 2003. Retrieved on 19 January 2015.
  2. Yahmed, Hadi (11 December 2003). "French Commission Recommends Hijab Ban". www.islamonline.net. Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2005-10-13.
  3. "Home page". www.ert.tn. Établissement Régional de Tunis. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 19 January 2015.


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