Combray

Combray
Combray
Commune
	The church in Combray
	Location of Combray
	Combray 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.
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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.