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Guermantes () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the Val de Bussy sector of Marne-la-Vallée. As of 2022, its population was 1,151.

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Place details

Locality
Guermantes
Region
Île-de-France
Country
France
Population
1,537

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Key facts

French commune.name
Guermantes
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
Mairie Guermantes 3.jpg
French commune.caption
The town hall in Guermantes
French commune.INSEE
77221
French commune.postal code
77600
French commune.arrondissement
Torcy
French commune.canton
Lagny-sur-Marne
French commune.mayor
Annie Viard
French commune.term
2025–2026
French commune.intercommunality
Marne et Gondoire
French commune.elevation min m
97
French commune.elevation max m
121
French commune.area km2
1.26

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • See also
  • References
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Guermantes () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the Val de Bussy sector of Marne-la-Vallée. As of 2022, its population was 1,151.

Writer Marcel Proust adopted its name for the origin of the Guermantes family in À la recherche du temps perdu. Proust Scholar Joshua Landy points out that the only reason Proust "used it in his novel is that no living members of the family remained.”

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

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