Coordinates: 48°57′27″N 4°21′54″E / 48.9575°N 4.365°E / 48.9575; 4.365

Châlons-en-Champagne (French pronunciation: [ʃa.lɔ̃.ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.paɲ] or [ʃɑ.lɔ̃.ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.paɲ]) is a city in France. It is the capital of both the department of Marne and the region of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims.

Formerly called Châlons-sur-Marne, the city was officially renamed in 1998. It should not be confused with the Burgundian town of Chalon-sur-Saône.

Châlons is conjectured to be the site of the Catalaunian Fields in which the battle of Châlons, 451AD, turned back the westward advance of Attila.

Cloister Notre-Dame-en-Vaux

Hôtel de Ville

Old Town of Châlons

Châlons Cathedral

The Gare de Châlons-en-Champagne railway station is served by the TGV network with service to and from Paris Gare de l'Est. Other destinations are Reims, Saint-Dizier, Nancy, Bar-le-Duc and Verdun. Additionally, Châlons is connected with the Champagne-TGV station, near Reims, with high speed trains going to Lille, Nantes, Rennes and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Michel Polnareff, born in Nérac (Lot-et-Garonne) on 3 July 1944, is a French singer-songwriter who was very popular from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s. While his commercial success is considerably smaller nowadays, he is still active and critically respected.

Michel was born into an artistic family: his mother, Simone Lane, was a dancer and his father, Leib Polnareff or Léo Poll worked with Édith Piaf. He learned piano by age five and was a very good music student. He learned the guitar, and after his studies, military service, and a brief time in insurance, he began to play his guitar on the steps of the Sacré Cœur.

In 1965, Polnareff won the Disco Revue prize in Paris. This victory let him record a disc at Barclay, but as part of the counterculture he turned down this opportunity. It was Lucien Morisse, then director at Europe 1, who made him sign with AZ. His first disc, La Poupée qui fait non (1966), was an unexpected success. Its new musical style and Polnareff's atypical image, crossed borders. During this period, he played concerts in Brussels for one week sharing the bill with Jeff Beck.

Quentin Mosimann (born on February 14, 1988, in Geneva) is a Swiss singer, winner of the seventh season of the TV reality show Star Academy France. His first solo album, Duel, is composed of cover versions of 1980s hits. His second album, Exhibition is due for release in May 2010.

Quentin Mosimann was born in Geneva on February 14, 1988, of a Swiss father (a native of Berne in German-speaking Switzerland) and a French mother. However, he only had that Swiss nationality.

He lived for three years in Geneva, then, following the separation of his parents, moved to Bogève, Haute-Savoie, with his mother.

He currently lives in Hyères, Var (since 2005) where he performs, under the pseudonym John Louly, as a DJ, at the NJoy, with John Revox and Christian Sims.

Quentin Mosimann was selected for the Star Academy 7. Throughout the weeks, the young man sang in a jazzy and electro musical universe. With a sole pre-nomination and a victory in the semi-final against Claire-Marie, he won the final on February 15, 2008, with 52.6% of votes, and 47.4% for Mathieu. He won 1,000,000 euros, 200,000 of them immediately available.