 The school became a completely smoke-free zone starting in the 2005 academic year, applying rigorously the Évin Law () of prohibition of smoking in public places.Each summer, the Château hosts a festival of chamber music, and some years also forms the venue for "Nostradamiques" – historical re-enactment of the time of Nostradamus together with processions and a transformation of the old medieval downtown.One such re-enactment was performed by the famous television presenter Jean-Pierre Foucault.