Combray

Combray
Combray
Location within Lower Normandy region  Combray
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lower Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Thury-Harcourt
Intercommunality	Suisse Normande
Mayor	Daniel Margueritte (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	88–230 m (289–750 ft) (avg. 187 m/614 ft)
Land area1	4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi)
Population2	130  (2008)
- Density	29 /km2 (75 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14171/ 14220
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.

Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 0°26′17″W / 48.95°N 0.438055555556°W / 48.95; -0.438055555556

Combray is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

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).

Population

Historical population of Combray

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
122	123	95	100	98	130	130

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE