Lycée Technique Josy Barthel
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Lycée Josy Barthel abbreviated to LJBM, is a high school
in Mamer
, in south-western Luxembourg
. It was opened in September 2003, and cost €
67.4m to build. It comprises 60 classrooms and 16 workshops, and has a capacity of 1,300 students. It is named after Josy Barthel
, winner of Luxembourg's only Olympic
gold medal-winner and former cabinet member.
It is served by its own train station
, Mamer Lycée
, which lies 500 metres (550 yards) to the west.
The first denomination of the highschool was Lycée technique Josy Barthel and has been changed into Lycée Josy Barthel on 1st September 2009. Since then the school offers all class from 7th to 1st degree (enseignement secondaire).
High school
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in Mamer
Mamer
Mamer is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is located west of Luxembourg City. The commune includes the town of Mamer, and also the smaller communities of Capellen and Holzem. Mamer is situated on the river Mamer, a tributary of the Alzette...
, in south-western Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
. It was opened in September 2003, and cost €
Euro
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67.4m to build. It comprises 60 classrooms and 16 workshops, and has a capacity of 1,300 students. It is named after Josy Barthel
Josy Barthel
Joseph Barthel was a Luxembourgish athlete. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete from Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at the Olympics...
, winner of Luxembourg's only Olympic
Olympic Games
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gold medal-winner and former cabinet member.
It is served by its own train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
, Mamer Lycée
Mamer Lycée railway station
Mamer Lycée railway station is a railway station in Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg. It is named after the Lycée Technique Josy Barthel, which it was built to serve...
, which lies 500 metres (550 yards) to the west.
The first denomination of the highschool was Lycée technique Josy Barthel and has been changed into Lycée Josy Barthel on 1st September 2009. Since then the school offers all class from 7th to 1st degree (enseignement secondaire).