The 31st Engineer Regiment (, (31 RG)) is a regiment of the
Engineering Arm
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The Engineering Arm, or ''l'arme du génie'', is the Military engineering arm of the French Army.
The Engineering Arm's soldiers are known as sappers (''sapeurs''). Its soldiers in the Paris Fire Brigade a ...
(''Génie militaire'') of the
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, Fren ...
. It is part of the
3rd Division, Scorpion Force, and based at
Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin (; ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in Occitanie region of France. The inhabitants are called ''Castelsarrasinois''. It is the second most populous commune in Tarn-et-Garonne after Montauban. It is served by Ca ...
.
From 1920 to 1938 the 31st Engineering Battalion participated in all operations in Morocco. The battalion built a huge road and railway infrastructure, as well as all related works.
[{{cite book, language=fr , title = History of the 31e Engineer Regiment , publisher = Printing Point of the Army of Saint-Maixent School]
References
French engineer regiments