Guingamp (Brittany) Pop: 8,500

This small market town is best known for its eponymously-named cloth that translates into English as gingham.

A second accolade is attributable to its football team, En Avant Guingamp, a member of the second-highest French Soccer league.

Guingamp has also achieved some notoriety for its camellia cultivating activities.

Attractions in Guingamp

The Breton dance festival held annually in August

Chateau de Pierre II

Basilique Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours

Abbaye Sainte-Croix de Guigamp-founded in 1135

Fontaine de la Plomee

Stade du Roudourou.