Lycée Chaptal, Listed historic monument and educational facility in Quimper, France

Lycée Chaptal is a public secondary school at 35 chemin des Justices in Quimper, housed in a former seminary that became a barracks in 1907. The long rendered building has a steep slate roof with a small stone bell tower and cross, rows of tall rectangular and arched windows, and a lower stone arcade with three round arches.

Lycée Chaptal began as a seminary, was converted into a barracks in 1907, and in 1945 became a learning centre and technical college for girls. The technical college became a technical lycée in 1960, and in 1968 the college and lycée together took the name Chaptal. Enrolment rose from 500 pupils in 1945 to over a thousand in the 1980s.

The school is named after Jean-Antoine Chaptal, the chemist, physician and politician who served under the Revolution and Napoleon, not after Berthollet. The name was only given to the collège and lycée in 1968. A hotel and restaurant course opened in 1955 with about twenty girls, and its teaching restaurant still operates today.

The campus is best visited during scheduled school hours or by prior arrangement with the administration. As an active educational facility, visitor access may be limited to certain areas or times.

The carved recess of the knight du Louer de Quizac, listed as a Monument historique on 6 March 1926, is the oldest protected element on the site. A hotel and restaurant training course opened in 1955 with about twenty girls; its teaching restaurant still operates.