Place details
Place nameChâlons-sur-Marne
Other namesChalons-sur-Marne, Durocatalaunum
CountryFrance
Latitude48.967
Longitude4.367
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Chief town of ancient Catalauni, Gallic tribe; fortified by Romans; site of defeat of Attila by Romans & Visigoths 451 which stopped advance of Huns in Europe; prosperous in 10th cen.; united to France 1360; taken by Germans 1870; occupied by Nazis 1940s.