Combray
Combray | |
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The church in Combray | |
Location of Combray | |
| Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 0°26′17″W / 48.95°N 0.4381°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Le Hom |
| Intercommunality | Cingal-Suisse Normande |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Roger Havas |
Area 1 | 4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 143 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/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 (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃bʁɛ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in north-western France. The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
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.