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This article is about the location. For the book, see In Search of Lost Time.

Commune in Normandy, France
Combray
Commune
The church in CombrayThe church in Combray
Location of Combray
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Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 0°26′17″W / 48.95°N 0.4381°W / 48.95; -0.4381
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementCaen
CantonLe Hom
IntercommunalityCingal-Suisse Normande
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Roger Havas
Area4.51 km (1.74 sq mi)
Population143
 • Density32/km (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code14171 /14220
Elevation88–230 m (289–755 ft)
(avg. 187 m or 614 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Combray (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃bʁɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in north-western France. The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.

Combray is also an imagined village in Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time), a book which was strongly inspired by the village of his childhood, Illiers, which has now been renamed Illiers-Combray in his honor. Combray is the title of the first part of the first volume of À la recherche du temps perdu, titled Du côté de chez Swann (Swann's Way).

There is a medieval motte-and-bailey castle.

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Gosselins, Les Soyers, Le Hamel, Le Bas de la Courrière and Combray.

The commune has 2 watercourses running through it The Pont de Combray stream and La Vallee des Vaux stream.

Neighbouring communes
Esson Donnay
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom & Saint-Omer Combray Donnay
Donnay

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962122—    
1968123+0.8%
197595−22.8%
1982100+5.3%
199098−2.0%
1999130+32.7%
2008130+0.0%

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Combray sur le site de la communauté de communes Archived 2010-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Map of Suisse Normande" (PDF).
  5. Arcisse de Caumont, Statistika monumentalne Calvados
  6. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
Calvados (department) Communes of the Calvados department
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