Free Institution of Sacred Heart
- Free Institution of Sacred Heart
Infobox UK school
name = Collège de Tourcoing "Institution Libre du Sacré-Cœur"
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motto = Timete Dominum et Nihil Aliud
("To fear the Lord, and nothing other")
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established = 1666
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type = Independent school
religion = Catholic
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r_head_label = Headmasters
r_head = Bertrand Van Nedervelde and Louis-Marie Tanghe
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founder_pl = Fathers Recollets
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street = 111, rue de Lille
city = Tourcoing
county = Nord
country = France flagicon|France
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enrollment = c 1500 (2007)
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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free_label_3 = Former Pupils
free_3 = Association des Anciens Elèves ("founded in 1882")
website = http://www.sacre-coeur-tourcoing.net/
website_name = sacre-coeur-tourcoing.net
The Institution Libre du Sacré-Cœur is the oldest and most prestigious school of Tourcoing, next to Lille in the North of France. Its current name is the Collège de Tourcoing ("Tourcoing School").
History
This Institution was created in 1666 by the Récollets (a Catholic congregation), with permission from Philip IV, King of Spain, the Lord of Tourcoing, and the bishop of Tournai. It was a free grammar school.
During the French Revolution, the setablishment was closed from 1790 to 1802. The First Consul, Napoléon Bonaparte, allowed the Fathers Récollets to come back to Tourcoing.
Tourcoing School, managed by headmaster-priest Albert Lecomte, erected new buildings in Gothic revival architecture in 1853 and 1885. Since December 1853, the School has been at 111, rue de Lille. The Institution and classrooms are still there.
After several arguments between the headmaster, bishop Henri Leblanc [] and the city of Tourcoing, about nominations for teachers' jobs, the School ceased to be finance by the City, become an independent school and was renamed "Free Institution of Sacred Heart" the 2 October 1882.
During World War I, German soldiers arrested the headmaster, the priest Achille Leleu, because he protected his studients against the requisitions.
The religious staff left the etablishment in 1982. The Free Institution of Sacred Heart is still considered one of the best schools in Lille's vicinity.
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