commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Morbihan
Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastl ...
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
in north-western
France
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.
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
Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago.
History Celtic Era
The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who live ...
.
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
Events
January–June
* January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659.
* January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming t ...
, during
chouannerie
The Chouannerie (from the Chouan brothers, two of its leaders) was a royalist uprising or counter-revolution in twelve of the western ''départements'' of France, particularly in the provinces of Brittany and Maine, against the First Repub ...
repression.
* On 1 December 1870, the
Balloon mail
Balloon mail is the transport of mail (usually for weight reasons in the form of a postcard) carrying the name of the sender by means of an unguided hydrogen or helium filled balloon. Since the balloon is not controllable, the delivery of a ballo ...
''Bataille-de-Paris'', created by
Jules Antoine Lissajous
Jules Antoine Lissajous (; 4 March 1822 in Versailles – 24 June 1880 in Plombières-les-Dijon) was a French physicist, after whom Lissajous figures are named. Among other innovations, Lissajous invented the Lissajous apparatus, a device that c ...
* 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
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...
.
* 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.