Combray

Combray

Combray

Commune in Normandy, France

Combray (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃bʁɛ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in north-western France.[3] The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]

This article is about the location. For the book, see In Search of Lost Time.
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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.[5]

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[4]

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.[6]

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

Population

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References

  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    Combray sur le site de la communauté de communes Archived 2010-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    "Map of Suiss Normande" (PDF).
  5. [5]
    Arcisse de Caumont, Statistika monumentalne Calvados
  6. [6]
    "Google Maps". Google Maps.
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