Canton Thury-Harcourt Area 4.51 km² | Region Normandy Intercommunality Suisse Normande Local time Thursday 6:39 AM | |
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Combray is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in north-western France.
Map of 14220 Combray, 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).
There is a medieval motte-and-bailey castle.
References
Combray Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA