Mourmelon-le-Grand

The canton of Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne is an administrative division of the Marne department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Mourmelon-le-Grand.It consists of the following communes:

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. The initial purpose was simply for practising military manoeuvres, but it quickly turned into a showcase of the French Imperial Army, a theatrical propaganda display, where French citizens could meet the army and watch parades. Each year the camp was transformed into a town of tents and wooden chalets.The camp survived the fall of the Second Empire in 1872, but changed into a training camp and a departure point for troops engaging in overseas operations. The camp is used for military manoeuvres, and cavalry training, along with the neighbouring 2,500 hectare large Camp de Moronvilliers. Firing of live ordnance (rockets, missiles) is prohibited.

Mourmelon-le-Grand Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in France. It lies approximately 1 mile (2 km) east-southeast of Mourmelon-le-Grand and 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Paris. The airfield was a semi-permanent facility built by the USAAF in the Champagne region west of Monte Carnillet which was a fiercely contested region of the World War I Western Front. The 6000' (1830 m) Pierced Steel Planking runway of the airfield supported fighter and transport aircraft from September 1944 through the end of the war in Europe.

Baconnes (French pronunciation: [bakɔn]) is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.

La Noblette Aerodrome, was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) Southeast of the commune of Mourmelon-le-Grand, in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Bouy (French pronunciation: [bwi]) is a commune of the Marne department in northeastern France.

Mourmelon-le-Petit (French pronunciation: [muʁməlɔ̃ lə pəti]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Livry-Louvercy (French pronunciation: [livʁi luvɛʁsi]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Vadenay (French pronunciation: [vadnɛ]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Aubérive (French pronunciation: [obeʁivə]) is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.

Prosnes (French pronunciation: [pʁon]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Vaudesincourt (French pronunciation: [vod(ə)zɛ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.