|History=The school was created by Claude Bourgelat and established in 1766 in the small hamlet of Alfort, two leagues from Paris. During its two and a half centuries of existence, it has developed over the 11 hectares that formed its original site and is now at the heart of the town of Maisons-Alfort (Val de Marne). | |History=The school was created by Claude Bourgelat and established in 1766 in the small hamlet of Alfort, two leagues from Paris. During its two and a half centuries of existence, it has developed over the 11 hectares that formed its original site and is now at the heart of the town of Maisons-Alfort (Val de Marne). |