Combray
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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| 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 0.4381°W
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).
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| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 122 | 123 | 95 | 100 | 98 | 130 | 130 |
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