A charging station for transmitting electric power to a power reception device of a vehicle in a non-contact manner, comprising: a plurality of power transmission devices configured to transmit the electric power in the non-contact manner; wherein the charging station is configured to specify with which of said plurality of power transmission devices said power reception device is aligned, in response to pairing processing performed by a vehicle control unit of the vehicle between itself and the charging station , when alignment between one of said plurality of power transmission devices and said power reception device is completed, wherein the charging station is configured to transmit, to said vehicle control unit , after said pairing processing is completed, before starting a full-scale power transmission for charging a power storage device of said vehicle , information for specifying the power transmission device with which the alignment was performed, in that it further comprises a station control unit configured to transmit, after said full-scale power transmission is stopped, a first message for inquiring whether or not the vehicle is parked at a location provided with said power transmission device with which said power reception device was aligned, said first message including information for specifying the power transmission device with which said power reception device was aligned, and in that said station control unit is further configured to determine that said vehicle is not parked at the location provided with said power transmission device with which said power reception device was aligned, when said station control unit does not receive from said vehicle control unit , after transmitting said first message, a second message, including said information for specifying the power transmission device, for informing that said vehicle is parked. a plurality of power transmission devices configured to transmit the electric power in the non-contact manner; wherein the charging station is configured to specify with which of said plurality of power transmission devices said power reception device is aligned, in response to pairing processing performed by a vehicle control unit of the vehicle between itself and the charging station , when alignment between one of said plurality of power transmission devices and said power reception device is completed, wherein the charging station is configured to transmit, to said vehicle control unit , after said pairing processing is completed, before starting a full-scale power transmission for charging a power storage device of said vehicle , information for specifying the power transmission device with which the alignment was performed, in that it further comprises a station control unit configured to transmit, after said full-scale power transmission is stopped, a first message for inquiring whether or not the vehicle is parked at a location provided with said power transmission device with which said power reception device was aligned, said first message including information for specifying the power transmission device with which said power reception device was aligned, and in that said station control unit is further configured to determine that said vehicle is not parked at the location provided with said power transmission device with which said power reception device was aligned, when said station control unit does not receive from said vehicle control unit , after transmitting said first message, a second message, including said information for specifying the power transmission device, for informing that said vehicle is parked. <EOS>