Combourg

Combourg

Komborn
Combourg Komborn
Commune
	Château de Combourg
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°24′34″N 1°45′02″W / 48.4094°N 1.7506°WCoordinates: 48°24′34″N 1°45′02″W / 48.4094°N 1.7506°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint-Malo
Canton	Combourg
Intercommunality	Bretagne Romantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Le Besco
Area 1	63.55 km2 (24.54 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	5,945
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35085 /35270
Elevation	29–120 m (95–394 ft) ; (avg. 66 m or 217 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Combourg (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃buʁ]; Breton: Komborn; Breton: Komborn; Gallo: Conbórn) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Combourg are called Combourgeois and, more rarely Combournais, in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1810	4,170	—
1962	4,339	+4.1%
1968	4,457	+2.7%
1975	4,647	+4.3%
1982	4,733	+1.9%
1990	4,843	+2.3%
1999	4,850	+0.1%
2008	5,572	+14.9%

History[]

The town is part of the Patrimoine Urbain de Bretagne and labelled as one of Les Petites Cités de Caractère. Combourg is considered the "cradle of Romanticism" in French literature due to the renowned French writer François-René de Chateaubriand who spent part of his youth in his family's castle, the Château de Combourg. He describes the village and medieval castle in his Mémoirs from Beyond the Grave.

Combourg is located between the cities of Rennes and Saint-Malo in Brittany. It is approximately 386 km from Paris, 39 km from Rennes and 36 km from Saint-Malo .

Personalities[]

François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), known as the father of Romanticism in French literature, spent his childhood in his family's castle, the Château de Combourg.

International relations[]

Combourg is twinned with Waldmünchen, in Bavaria, Germany.

Gallery[]

Notre-Dame church of Combourg
Maison de la Lanterne

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.