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