| Combray | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Caen |
| Canton: | Le Hom |
| Insee: | 14171 |
| Postal Code: | 14220 |
| Mayor: | Roger Havas[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Cingal-Suisse Normande |
| Coordinates: | 48.95°N -0.4381°W |
| Elevation M: | 187 |
| Elevation Min M: | 88 |
| Elevation Max M: | 230 |
| Area Km2: | 4.51 |
Combray (in French pronounced as /kɔ̃bʁɛ/) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in north-western France.[2] The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]
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.[4]
The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]
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.[5]
The commune has 2 watercourses running through it The Pont de Combray stream and La Vallee des Vaux stream.