Grand Champ

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Grand Champ
Gregam
Grand-Champ coat of arms
Grand-Champ (France)
Grand Champ
region Brittany
Department Morbihan
Arrondissement Vannes
Canton Grand-Champ (main town)
Community association Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
Coordinates 47 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 51 ′  W
height 28-167 m
surface 67.34 km 2
Residents 5,404 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 80 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 56390
INSEE code 56067
Website http://www.grandchamp.fr/

Saint-Tugdual Church

Grand-Champ ( Breton Gregam ) is a French municipality with 5404 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Vannes and is the capital of the canton of Grand-Champ . The inhabitants are called Grégamistes .

geography

Grand-Champ is located 15 kilometers northwest of Vannes on the Auray River . Grand-Champ is surrounded by the neighboring communities Moustoir-Ac in the north, Colpo in the north-east, Locmaria-Grand-Champ in the east, Plescop in the south, Plumergat in the west and south-west and Brandivy in the north-west.

The former route nationale 779 (today: D379) runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 2556 2662 3052 3503 3897 4246 4691 5031

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Grand-Champ

Chapel of Sainte-Brigitte in Loperhet
  • Saint-Tugdual Church
  • Saint-Yves Chapel in Grand-Champ
  • Chapel of Sainte-Brigitte in the locality of Loperhet (built from 1560 to 1588), monument historique since 1936
  • Lopabu Chapel
  • Notre-Dame chapel in Burgo, built in the 15th and 16th centuries. Century, partly only preserved as a ruin, since 1931 Monument historique
  • Notre-Dame chapel in Moustoir-des-Fleurs, built in the early 15th century
  • Fountain of Loperhet, monument historique since 1942
  • Locméren fountain from the 16th century, a historic monument since 1942
  • Iron cross in Moustoir-des-Fleurs, Monument historique since 1927
  • Grand Cross of Grand-Champ, Monument historique since 1927
  • Penhoët Castle from 1756
  • Castle Rest from the 15th century
  • Kerleguen mansion from 1427
  • 15th century mansion of Kermainguy
  • Locméren springs

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , pp. 332-337.

Web links

Commons : Grand-Champ  - collection of images, videos and audio files