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The Legion of Honour Schools are élite boarding schools in Saint-Denis and Camp des Loges in the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Study there is restricted to daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters of members of the order, the médaille militaire or the ordre national du Mérite .
The maisons d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur are the French secondary schools set up by Napoleon and originally meant for the education of girls whose father, grandfather or great-grandfather had been awarded the Légion d'honneur. Access is still by hereditary right.
Atypical institutions in the French school system, the maisons d’éducation are placed under the authority of the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor. They are general education state boarding schools.
1805. On December 15 th, Napoleon signed a decree creating the maisons d’éducation de la Légion d’honneur, planning to establish three schools. 1809 . Napoleon signed the decree setting up the second school of the Legion of Honor in the abbey of Saint-Denis. Classes began in 1812. 1895. The music pavilion was built on the edge of the park. 1927.
Twenty-one schools, mainly higher education institutions providing the bulk of reserve officers during the World Wars, were awarded the Légion d'honneur. They share this distinction with the Red Cross , the abbey of Our Lady of Dombes and the state-railway company SNCF.
The Legion of Honor has a universal calling: to reward both military and civilian merit. Honorees strive for the progress of France, for her renown, for her defense.
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Education house of the Legion of Honour is located in the former royal abbey of Saint-Denis. Since the Middle Ages, a religious community moved to the tomb of Saint Denis in order to maintain and accommodate the pilgrims.
