Grand-Champ
Grand-Champ is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
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.Geography
The town is situated 15 kilometres northwest of Vannes.Breton language
In 2008 7.77% of children attended bilingual schools in primary education.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.
Places and monuments
- Saint Tugdual church. This church has, in its nave, two wooden-made panels coming from Notre-dame of Burgo Chapel.
- Chapel Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours.
- Chapelle Sainte-Brigitte à Loperhet.
- Chapel of Lopabu.
- Chapelle Notre-Dame au Burgo - historical monument.
- Chapel Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs au Moustoir des Fleurs.
- Fountain de Loperhet.
- Fountain de Burgo - historical monument.
- Calvary of Lopabu.
- Moustoir des Fleurs calvary.
- Croix au centre du cimetière.
- Castle of Penhoët known simply as « Grand-Champ », owned by the Prince Obolensky, Arnaud Henry Salas-Perez.
- Castle of Rest.
- Manor de Kermainguy.
- Manor de Kerleguen.
- Well of Locmeren-des-Prés.