''Base Léonore'', or the Léonore database, is a French

database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and a ...

that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. The database lists the records of those inducted into the

Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was ...

since its 1802 inception and who died before 1977. , the database contained 390,000 records.

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* Archives in France History websites of France Online databases Recipients of the Legion of Honour {{database-stub