Institut de France
French learned society in Paris, grouping five académies
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
Institut de France is a learned society[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of learned society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,223 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: 6th arrondissement of Paris[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Founder: National Convention[5]
- Headquarters location: Palais de l'Institut de France[6]
- Child organization or unit: Fondation Thiers[7]
- Commons category: Institut de France[8]
- Industry: Public administration in healthcare and social services[9], higher education[10]
- Has part(s): Académie Française[11], Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres[12], French Academy of Sciences[13], Académie des beaux-arts[14], Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques[15]
- Inception: October 25, 1795[16]
- Located on street: quai de Conti[17]
- Official website: http://www.institut-de-france.fr/[18], https://www.institutdefrance.fr/[19], https://www.institut-de-france.fr/[20], https://www.institutdefrance.fr/en/home/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Institut de France[22]
- Email address: mailto:contact@institutdefrance.fr[23]
- Phone number: +33144414441[24]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], The Encyclopedia Americana[28], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30]
- Official name: INSTITUT DE FRANCE[31]
- Nickname: Parlement des savants[32]
- Motto text: Perpétuer, soutenir, éclairer[33]
- Legal form: national public establishment of an administrative nature[34]
- Commons Institution page: Institut de France[35]
- Native label: Institut de France[36]
- Owner of: Château de Chantilly[37], Condé Museum[38], Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild[39], Chantilly Forest[40], Chantilly Racecourse[41], Pavillon de Manse[42], Landscape with two nymphs[43], Portrait of Gaston de France[44], Villa Kerylos[45], Portrait of Madame Devaucay[46]
- Different from: Institut français[47]
- General secretary: Xavier Darcos[48]
Why It Matters
Institut de France has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]