Grand-Champ Explained

Grand-Champ
Native Name:	Gregam
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Grand-Champ (Morbihan).svg
Coordinates:	47.7592°N -2.8433°W
Insee:	56067
Postal Code:	56390
Arrondissement:	Vannes
Canton:	Grand-Champ
Mayor:	Dominique Le Meur^[1]
Term:	2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes agglomération
Elevation M:	127
Elevation Min M:	28
Elevation Max M:	167
Area Km2:	67.34

Grand-Champ (in French pronounced as /ɡʁɑ̃ ʃɑ̃/; Breton: Gregam) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.^[2]

Demographics

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

The town is situated 15 kilometres northwest of Vannes.

In 2008 7.77% of children attended bilingual schools in primary education.^[3]

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

Bataille de Grand-Champ in 1795, 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.^[4]

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.