Other Catalan names appear in this 2025 promotion of the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit. For the record, in this new vintage, 424 people have been named or promoted to the Legion of Honor and 1,119 others have been awarded the National Order of Merit. Edmond Jorda, mayor of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer and president of the Association of French Mayors of the Pyrénées-Orientales, is named Knight of the National Order of Merit. “I must admit that I am very moved, concedes the elected official. I receive it as a great reward for all the work carried out by the teams of the Association of Mayors of the Pyrénées-Orientales“.
Entrepreneur Nicolas Gomarir, founder of La Crémerie Sérigraphie Groupe (LSC), is elevated to the same rank as the coastal politician. This textile company, known for its French Jersey, has set up its factory in the Torremila business area in Perpignan. “I heard the news this Saturday morning. I received congratulatory messages without knowing what they were about, admits the business manager. I am obviously very honored. It is an encouragement to work even more for this textile industry“.
The mayor of Villeneuve-de-la-Raho, vice-president of Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole and former MP for Pyrénées-Orientales, Jacqueline Irles, was made a knight of the Legion of Honor by the Ministry of Regional Planning and Decentralization.
