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Grand-Champ

The church of Saint-Tugdual

Coat of arms

Location of Grand-Champ

Grand-Champ

Grand-Champ

France

Brittany

Morbihan

Vannes

Grand-Champ

Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes agglomération

Dominique Le Meur^[1]

67.34 km² (26.00 sq mi)

5,782

86/km² (220/sq mi)

UTC+01:00 (CET)

UTC+02:00 (CEST)

28–167 m (92–548 ft)
(avg. 127 m or 417 ft)

Grand-Champ (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ ʃɑ̃]; Breton: Gregam) is a commune in the Morbihan departmentofBrittany in north-western France.^[3]

Demographics[edit]

Inhabitants of Grand-Champ are called GrégamistesinFrench. Grand-Champ counted 5,404 inhabitants in 2017, an increase of 14% compared to 2007.

±% p.a.

2,662

—    

3,052

+1.97%

3,503

+1.99%

3,897

+1.34%

4,246

+0.96%

4,754

+1.42%

5,098

+1.41%

5,404

+1.17%

Geography[edit]

The town is situated 15 kilometres northwest of Vannes.

Breton language[edit]

In 2008 7.77% of children attended bilingual schools in primary education.^[5]

History[edit]

There are many references to Roi Stevan, that's why the motto of this town is : Grand-Champ, King Stevan Home.

• Bataille de Grand-Champin1795, during chouannerie repression.
• On 1 December 1870, the Balloon mail Bataille-de-Paris, created by Jules Antoine Lissajous starts from Gare du Nord in Paris, at this time besieged by Prussians, and ends 460 kilometers away in Grand-Champ.^[6]

Places and monuments[edit]

• Saint Tugdual church (1866-1977). This church has, in its nave, two wooden-made panels coming from Notre-dame of Burgo Chapel.
• Chapel Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours (1898).
• Chapelle Sainte-Brigitte à Loperhet (1560-1588).
• Chapel of Lopabu (around 1520).
• Chapelle Notre-Dame au Burgo (1520-1540) - historical monument.
• Chapel Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs au Moustoir des Fleurs (beginning of 15th century).
• Fountain de Loperhet (end of 16th century).
• Fountain de Burgo (1573) - historical monument.
• Calvary of Lopabu (1520).
• Moustoir des Fleurs calvary (16th century).
• Croix au centre du cimetière.
• Castle of Penhoët (1756) known simply as « Grand-Champ », owned by the Prince Obolensky, Arnaud Henry Salas-Perez.
• Castle of Rest (15th century).
• Manor de Kermainguy (15th century).
• Manor de Kerleguen (1427).
• Well of Locmeren-des-Prés.

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand-Champ.

• Official site (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

Communes of the Morbihan department