Towards sites about LAON, 

• Any visitor should stop by the Tourism Office.
• www.ville-laon.fr is the official website of Laon.
• The Laon cathedral on a very good site dedicated to the cathedrals of Picardy.
• Association for restoring the Laon patrimony.
• the blog of the association of the "Cite Marquette" (former G.R.H.)

Laon and area as seen by...

• The Laon Survivors : Laon Air Base Dependents website (Laon Survivors Alumni Organization).
• La ville de Laon sights and photos by Bernard Pierrat. To visit absolutely.
• Other wonderful photos of the Laon Cathedral, and more, on the Alain Mengus website.
• Exhibitions, photos and reports about the Laon area, by François Vaubourg.

Small Cities and Villages around :

• Close to Laon : www.athiessouslaon.com.
• A nice small city : Marle.
• The very rich site created by J.M Moltchanoff about Mauregny-en-Haye, and much more.
• A beautiful site for a beautiful village : Monampteuil.
• Mons-en-Laonnois, a village where it is good to live.
• He lived in Urcel.
• Also close to Laon, also to be visited, Vorges.

Laonese Men and Women :

• Artists and Craftsmen in Aisne Department.
• Yves-Marie Lucot presents here his book on Alexandre Dumas, author born in Villers-Cotterêts.
• Gilbert Millet, author, was born in Laon area.
• Pascal Mondon, a painter in love with Laon.
• A music pub in Origny-Sainte-Benoite.
• A Country Music group in Aisne.
• 4 years on the Chemin des Dames : www.artilleur-guerre14-18.fr 

Monuments, Museums and special places :

• Vauclair Abbey, (in french) by one of those who participated to restore the place.
• Saint Vincent abbey  in LAON, a well documented website by Christian Dumez.
• The Barbarian Times Museum in Marle.

Lodging, Sports, Leisures :

• Stay in Merlieux, only 10 kms far from Laon, at the Renaissance
• Swim in Laon with FC Laon Natation.
• The local Soccer team is at www.fclaonfootball.com, 
• Cerf02 : the hunters of Montbavin and Bourguignon.

The AISNE Departement (a departement in France is similar with a county in the USA)

• Visit the Aisne in Picardy with the Aisne Tourist Board.
• the Aisne Department website.

Towards sites and pages of our visitors, or counselled by our visitors

• The website created by Terry Parnell, who was on the american NATO AFB of Laon is absolutely to visit at www.66thsupply.com .
• Reinier "Dutch" Kemeling, who served on the Laon-Couvron NATO base, wrote a book of memories that is presented on his website www.dutchwindow.com.
• Many of those who came on the former Laon AF Base also went on the RAF Upper-Heyford base.
• Reunions of the 126th Bomb Wing.
• The 405th Bomb Squadron blog, by Tom Morgan.
• The 242nd General Hospital at the end of WWII in Sissonne.
• www.rhbnc.ac.uk Royal Holloway University of London is a site proposed by Edmund Spicer.
• www.randdorientalart.com is the site of D.J. Tollstrup, who was based on Laon AFB and is now antique dealer with his wife Rhonda.
• An aviation museum in Picardy, close to Beauvais.
• The Conde-Vraux airfield 1939-1945 museum.
• American cemeteries in Picardy.
• Cathy Mix' page on www.art02.com .
• Jeff Maddox, former Laon AB dependent, created the site www.southsidereunion.com 
• www.ifrance.com/kinderpassion : they live in Laon and present their collection.
• Interesting websites by the laonnese Olivier Bruaux : www.cinephoto.org ,  www.multimania.com/fancho/ and eduquiz.multimania.com.
• Paul Dupre has his origins in Mons en Laonnois. See his soccer club www.dragonsfc.org and www.insoccer.org
• Bruno Crémont's blogs : section athlétisme Handisport chaunoise, section basket Handisport chaunoise, and la Prévention routière. 
• A website for the Laon lycées alumni by André Sinet.

Towards professional sites of friends or supporters

• The Renaissance, in Merlieux

And to propose a new link to a website you know and you like,
please send the url to webmaster@laonnois.com

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