Salon-de-Provence's a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It's the location of an important air base. History Salon was a Gallo-Roman oppidum well positioned on the salt trade routes between Adriatic, Atlantic and Mediterranean seas, hence its name. This region was under the Phocaean influence since the sixth century BCE, and stretches of the Via Aurelia can still be recognized just outside the town, but the earliest mention of the place under its familiar name'… (More on Salon-de-provence)