Grand-Champ

Grand-Champ

Gregam
Grand-Champ Gregam
Commune
	The church of Saint-Tugdual
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°45′33″N 2°50′36″W / 47.7592°N 2.8433°WCoordinates: 47°45′33″N 2°50′36″W / 47.7592°N 2.8433°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Grand-Champ
Intercommunality	Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Bleunven
Area 1	67.34 km2 (26.00 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	5,459
• Density	81/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.

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

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.

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

In 2008, there were 7,77% of the children attending the bilingual schools in primary education.^[3]

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

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).
(1560-1588).
Chapel of Lopabu (around 1520).
(1520-1540) - .
Chapel Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs au Moustoir des Fleurs (beginning of 15th century).
(end of 16th century).
(1573) - historical monument.
Calvary of Lopabu (1520).
(16th century).
.
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).
.