Lycée Français Anatole France (LyFAF; Armenian: Անատոլ Ֆրանսի անվան Ֆրանսիական Կրթահամալիր), is a French school in Yerevan, Armenia, founded in 2007.^[1] The school collaborates with the Ministry of Education of the French Republic and the Embassy of France in Armenia. The school operates under the French National education license.

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Lycée Français Anatole France Անատոլ Ֆրանսի անվան Ֆրանսիական կրթահամալիր
Address
37 Burnazian street, Yerevan Yerevan , Yerevan Armenia
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Type	Private
Established	2007
Principal	Christian CHÂLE
Grades	Pre-school (2 to 5 years old) 1 - 12 grades
Number of students	294
Affiliations	Ministry of Education of France
Languages	French, English, Armenian, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese,
Website	lyceefrancais.am

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As of 2021, the principal of the school is Mr. Christian Châle.^[2]

The French School in Armenia was founded in 2007 in Yerevan with only 9 students during its first academic year in 2007–08. The school celebrated its 10th anniversary on 3 June 2017.

On 30 March 2018, the school was renamed after the French poet, novelist and winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature Anatole France, during a ceremony attended by the French Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the Armenian Minister of Education Levon Mkrtchyan, and the French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacôte.^[3] According to ministers Lemoyne and Mkrtchyan, the school was renamed after Anatole France as a tribute to his great influence he had on supporting the Armenian cause during the difficult times of the Armenian nation.^[4]

The school has the following structure:

• Primary school, with 2 sections: pre-school kindergarten, and elementary school (grades 1 to 6).
• Middle school : grades 7 to 9
• High school : grades 10 to 12
• Armenian Section : high school (grades 10 to 12)

As of the 2021-2022 academic year, there are 294 students in the Lycée Français Anatole France.