Camp de Châlons
MILITARY BASE IN FRANCE
Camp de Chalons; Mourmelon 131 military airbase; Camp de Mourmelon
The camp de Châlons, also known as camp de Mourmelon, is a military camp of about 10,000 hectares at Mourmelon-le-Grand, near Châlons-en-Champagne. It was created at the behest of Napoleon III and opened August 30, 1857 during the Second French Empire.