Champignac

Champignac, or specifically Champignac-en-Cambrousse, is a fictional village frequently featured in the adventures of Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin and the successive authors.

[1] The village was introduced in the adventure Il y a un sorcier à Champignac, first published in Spirou magazine in 1950.

The village is placed in a rural region of Belgium (despite the name's suffix suggesting a location in the south of France), and is known for its prolific occurrence of mushrooms.

[2] Mainly a farming community, the commune is home to several central and more obscure characters of the Spirou adventures, most notably the Count of Champignac whose château is a prominent fixture of the region.

Other inhabitants from the wide gallery of secondary characters are Noël, a little boy and friend of the Marsupilami, Jérôme the policeman, Jules the who runs the local garage and filling station, A. Tachetoux (French for "Stains-everything") the bookseller, and Eugene the grocer.