Combray
| Combray | |
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  Combray | |
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Location within Lower Normandy region  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 | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Thury-Harcourt |
| Intercommunality | Suisse Normande |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Daniel Margueritte |
| Area1 | 4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 130 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14171 / 14220 |
| Elevation |
88–230 m (289–755 ft) (avg. 187 m or 614 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Combray is a commune in the Calvados department in the Lower Normandy in north-western France.[1]
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.[2]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 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
References
- ↑ Combray sur le site de la communauté de communes
- ↑ Arcisse de Caumont, Statistika monumentalne Calvados
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