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 | |
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 The church of Saint-Tugdual | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Grand-Champ  | |
  Grand-Champ  Grand-Champ | |
| Coordinates: 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 (2023–2026) | Dominique Le Meur[1] |
Area 1 | 67.34 km2 (26.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,782 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/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
editInhabitants of Grand-Champ are called Grégamistes in French. Grand-Champ counted 5,404 inhabitants in 2017, an increase of 14% compared to 2007.
| 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
editThe town is situated 15 kilometres northwest of Vannes.
Breton language
editIn 2008 7.77% of children attended bilingual schools in primary education.[5]
History
editThere 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
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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
- ^ Ballon No. 38 : « La Bataille-de-Paris »
External links
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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)
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