Mourmelon-le-Grand

Mourmelon-le-Grand
Mourmelon-le-Grand
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Mourmelon-le-Grand
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Châlons-en-Champagne
Canton	Suippes
Intercommunality	Région de Mourmelon
Government
• Mayor (2001–2020)	Fabrice Loncol
Area1	23.21 km2 (8.96 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	4,655
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	51388 / 51400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mourmelon-le-Grand is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

Camp de Châlons

Main article: Camp de Châlons

The camp de Châlons, also known as camp de Mourmelon, is a military camp of circa 10,000 hectares near Mourmelon-le-Grand. It was created at the behest of Napoleon III and opened August 30, 1857 during the Second French Empire.

The camp is used for military manoeuvres, and cavalry training, along with the neighbouring 2,500 hectare large Camp de Moronvilliers.

It was also selected to host the shooting events for the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighbouring Paris.

See also

• Communes of the Marne department