Quartier Général d’Aboville

Quartier Général d'Aboville, formerly Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, is a French Army artillery base in France. It is located two miles southwest of the city of Chaumont, Haute-Marne, just to the west of the Route Nationale 67 highway about 0.5 miles north of Semoutiers-Montsaon in the Haute-Marne département of northeast France.

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Type: Airfield
Description: airport
Also known as: “Chaumont-Semoutier Air Base”, “Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base”, “LFJA”, “Quartier General d’Aboville”, “Semoutiers Airport”, and “XCW”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Église Saint-Didier de Montsaon and Église Saint-Bénigne de Buxières-lès-Villiers.

Église Saint-Didier de Montsaon

Church

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Église Saint-Didier de Montsaon is a church.

Église Saint-Bénigne de Buxières-lès-Villiers

Church

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Église Saint-Bénigne de Buxières-lès-Villiers is a church.

Église Saint-Savinien de Villiers-le-Sec

Church

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Église Saint-Savinien de Villiers-le-Sec is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bricon and Chaumont.

Bricon

Village

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Bricon is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in northeastern France. Bricon is situated 6 km west of Quartier Général d’Aboville.

Chaumont

Town

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Chaumont, also known Chaumont-en-Bassigny, is a commune of France, and the prefecture of the Haute-Marne department. It has a population of about 21,000. Chaumont is situated 7 km east of Quartier Général d’Aboville.

Quartier Général d’Aboville

Categories: airbase, aerodrome, and transport
Location: Villiers-le-Sec, Arrondissement of Chaumont, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude

48.092° or 48° 5′ 31″ north

Longitude

5.05° or 5° 3′ east

Elevation

292 metres (958 feet)

ICAO airport code

LFJA

Open location code

8FW733R2+Q2

GeoNames ID

6694480

Wikidata ID

Q947089

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Persian—“Quartier Général d’Aboville” goes by many names.

Chinese: “肖蒙-瑟穆捷航空基地”
Dutch: “Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base”
French: “Base aérienne de Chaumont-Semoutiers”
French: “Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base”
German: “Flugplatz Chaumont-Semoutiers”
Japanese: “カルチエ・ジェネラルダボヴィル”
Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Semoutiers”
Persian: “پایگاه هوایی چاومونت-سموتیرس”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Montsaon and Villiers-le-Sec.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Forêt de Corgebin and Chaumont Railway Station.

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