Salon-de-Provence Air Base is the site of the French Air Force Academy, as well as the home of the French Aerial Demonstration team, the Patrouille de France. Market Every Wednesday the Place Morgan is host to a Provençal market. Culture Each summer, the Château de l'Empéri hosts a festival of chamber music. Some years the Château is the venue for Nostradamiques – an historical re-enactment of the time of Nostradamus which includes processions and a transformation of the old medieval downtown. One such re-enactment was performed by the television presenter Jean-Pierre Foucault. In 2006 Robert Hossein compered the closing ceremony of the re-enactment. Personalities Abba Mari ben Eligdor (fl.1335), distinguished Talmudist, philosopher, resident 14th Century Nostradamus (1503–1566), resident 1547–66, place of death Miquèu Tronc (16th century), Occitan language writer Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720–1778), French botanist and explorer, birthplace Joan Montseny (1864-1942), Catalan anarchist, place of death Charles Trenet (1913-2001), French singer, resident for military reasons, 1939–1940 Romain Gary (1914–1980), French novelist and pilot, learnt to fly with military in Salon-de-Provence before Nazi occupation of France Patrick Baudry (1946-), and Léopold Eyharts (1957-), French astronauts, military training Daniel Goossens (1954-), Cartoonist, birthplace Christine Boisson (1956-), French actor, birthplace Franck Esposito (1971-), French swimmer, birthplace Michaël N'dri (1984-), footballer, birthplace and early Football career Simon Porte Jacquemus (1990-), Fashion Designer Nassourdine Imavov, MMA fighter, former resident Twin towns – sister cities Salon-de-Provence is twinned with: Blanzy-la-Salonnaise, France Aranda de Duero, Spain Gubbio, Italy Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom Godmanchester, England, United Kingdom Szentendre, Hungary Wertheim am Main, Germany Gallery Population Climate See also Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department References External links Official website International Salon-de-Provence Music Festival : 'Musique à l'Emperi' Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône Nostradamus Bouches-du-Rhône communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia