Grand-Champ

Commune in Brittany, France

Grand-Champ Gregam
Commune
The church of Saint-Tugdual
Coat of arms
Location of Grand-Champ
(2020–2026)		Yves Bleunven^[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.

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

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.^[5]

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]

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.

^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". 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 »

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)