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

Grand-Champ Gregam
Commune
The church of Saint-Tugdual
Coat of arms
Location of Grand-Champ
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Coordinates: 47°45′33″N 2°50′36″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Grand-Champ
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Bleunven[1]
Area 1	67.34 km2 (26.00 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	5,552
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56067 /56390
Elevation	28–167 m (92–548 ft) (avg. 127 m or 417 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Demographics

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,662	—
1975	3,052	+1.97%
1982	3,503	+1.99%
1990	3,897	+1.34%
1999	4,246	+0.96%
2007	4,754	+1.42%
2012	5,098	+1.41%
2017	5,404	+1.17%
Source: INSEE[4]

Geography

This midtown is 15th kilometers north-west away from Vannes.

Breton language

In 2008, there were 7,77% of the children attending the bilingual schools in primary education.[5]

History

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.[6]

Places and monuments

• 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

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

External links

• 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)

На других языках

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- [en] Grand-Champ

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[ru] Гран-Шан

Гран-Шан (фр. Grand-Champ) — коммуна на северо-западе Франции, находится в регионе Бретань, департамент Морбиан, округ Ван, центр кантона Гран-Шан. Расположена в 16 км к северу от Вана, в 13 км от национальной автомагистрали N165.

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