Combray
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Combray | |
Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 0°26′17″W / 48.95°N 0.4381°WCoordinates: 48°57′00″N 0°26′17″W / 48.95°N 0.4381°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Caen |
Canton | Thury-Harcourt |
Intercommunality | Cingal-Suisse Normande |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Daniel Margueritte |
Area 1 | 4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 146 |
• Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 14171 /14220 |
Elevation | 88–230 m (289–755 ft) (avg. 187 m or 614 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Combray is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in north-western France.[2]
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.[3]
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 122 | — |
1968 | 123 | +0.8% |
1975 | 95 | −22.8% |
1982 | 100 | +5.3% |
1990 | 98 | −2.0% |
1999 | 130 | +32.7% |
2008 | 130 | +0.0% |
See also[]
- Marcel Proust
- Illiers-Combray
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Combray sur le site de la communauté de communes Archived 2010-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arcisse de Caumont, Statistika monumentalne Calvados
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Categories:
- Communes of Calvados (department)