The École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, "Special Military School of St Cyr") is the foremost Frenchmilitary academy. It is often referred to as Saint-Cyr.
Founded by Napoleon in 1802, and initially located in Saint-Cyr l'École, it was moved to Coëtquidan (Brittany) in 1945.
Official website (in French) (http://www.st-cyr.terre.defense.gouv.fr/)
Presentation on St-Cyr in English, on the website of Norwich University, Vermont (http://www.norwich.edu/acad/humanities/languages/stcyr.html) (Information on Norwich's study-abroad program at St-Cyr)
Presentation on the website of the French Ministry of Defense (in French) (http://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/dossier/d117/ecole/st-cyr.htm)
"La Saint-Cyrienne": Association of cadets and former cadets of St-Cyr (in French) (http://www.saint-cyr.org)
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