The Institution in 10 key numbers

The Grand Chancery of the Legion of Honor accounts for:

•   400 employees, including 112 teachers
•   10,000 nomination dossiers reviewed each year
•   200 years of archives
•   2.2 million dossiers of honorees
•   24 million € annual budget
•   3 sites in the Paris region, two of them listed as historical monuments
•   1,000 pupils in two secondary schools
•   100% success rate for the baccalauréat (national high school diploma) and brevet (junior high certificate)
•   5,000 objects exhibited in the museum
•  400 orders and decorations of 122 countries exhibited in the Museum