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Combray

FieldValue
nameCombray
commune statusCommune
imageFranceNormandieCombrayEglise.jpg
captionThe church in Combray
arrondissementCaen
cantonLe Hom
INSEE14171
postal code14220
mayorRoger Havas
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCingal-Suisse Normande
coordinates
elevation m187
elevation min m88
elevation max m230
area km24.51
population
population date
population footnotes

Combray () 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.

Population

1962|122| 1968|123| 1975|95| 1982|100| 1990|98| 1999|130| 2008|130

References

References

  1. (9 August 2021). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
  2. ''[http://www.suisse-normande.com/34-communes-combray.html Combray sur le site de la communauté de communes] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-07-31 '')
  3. "Map of Suisse Normande".
  4. [[Arcisse de Caumont]], ''Statistika monumentalne [[Calvados (department). Calvados]]''
  5. "Google Maps".
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