Combourg

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Coordinates: 48°24′34″N 1°45′02″W / 48.40944, -1.75056

Commune of Combourg

Komborn
Château de Combourg
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°24′34″N 1°45′02″W / 48.40944, -1.75056
Administration
Country France
Region Bretagne
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Saint-Malo
Canton Combourg (chief town)
Intercommunality Pays de la Bretagne Romantique
Mayor Joël Le Besco
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 29 m–120 m
(avg. 66 m)
Land area¹ 63.55 km²
Population²
(1999)
4,850
 - Density 76/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 35085/ 35270
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Combourg (Breton: Komborn, Gallo: Conbórn) is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in Brittany, France.

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[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants of Combourg are called Combourgeois.

As of the census of 1999, the town had a population of 4,850.
The estimation for 2006 was 5,223.

[edit] Famous people

François-René de Chateaubriand (17681848) grew up in his family's castle in Combourg.

[edit] Twin town

Combourg is twinned with Waldmünchen, in Bavaria, Germany.

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