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Combray () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in north-western France. The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.

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Combray is a commune in the Calvados department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Caen. It lies in the Normandy region and shares borders with Caumont-sur-Orne, Donnay, Esson, and Saint-Omer. The town has an area of 4.51 square kilometers and an elevation of 230 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 14220, and it is part of the canton of Le Hom.

The population of Combray is recorded as 157, comprising 76 males and 72 females. Another source lists the population as 118. The local townhall is located in the town. Combray is in the Europe/Paris timezone.

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Place details

Locality
Combray
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Population
118

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Key facts

French commune.name
Combray
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
FranceNormandieCombrayEglise.jpg
French commune.caption
The church in Combray
French commune.arrondissement
Caen
French commune.canton
Le Hom
French commune.INSEE
14171
French commune.postal code
14220
French commune.mayor
Roger Havas
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality
Cingal-Suisse Normande
French commune.elevation m
187
French commune.elevation min m
88
French commune.elevation max m
230
French commune.area km2
4.51

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Combray
Country
France
Population
153
Area
4.51
Elevation
170
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom
Image
FranceNormandieCombrayEglise.jpg
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Commons category
Combray (Calvados)
postal code
14220
associated electoral district
canton of Le Hom
male population
76
female population
72
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-2-31-78-23-20
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Encyclopedic overview

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Combray () 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'').

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Combray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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