| Guermantes | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Coordinates: | 48.8553°N 2.7067°W |
| Insee: | 77221 |
| Postal Code: | 77600 |
| Arrondissement: | Torcy |
| Canton: | Lagny-sur-Marne |
| Mayor: | Denis Marchand[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Marne et Gondoire |
| Elevation Min M: | 97 |
| Elevation Max M: | 121 |
| Area Km2: | 1.26 |
Guermantes (pronounced as /fr/) 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 2012, its population was 1,191.
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.”[2]
Inhabitants are called Guermantais.
The town has a preschool and an elementary school in a single school group.[3] Junior high school students attend Collège Léonard de Vinci in Saint Thibault des Vignes.[4]
Area senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:[4]