Coordinates: 48°18′04″N 1°14′54″E / 48.3011111111°N 1.24833333333°E
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Commune of Illiers-Combray |
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Illiers-Combray
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir |
| Arrondissement | Chartres |
| Canton | Illiers-Combray |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Combray |
| Mayor | Jean-Claude Sédillot (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 144–204 m (470–670 ft) (avg. 162 m/530 ft) |
| Land area1 | 33.60 km2 (12.97 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 3,226 (1999) |
| - Density | 96 /km2 (250 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 28196/ 28120 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Illiers-Combray is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France.
Combray was Marcel Proust's name for the village of Illiers, of which the vivid recreation opens his vast semi-autobiographical novel In Search of Lost Time. Recent Proust scholarship, however, has argued that Proust's descriptions of Combray owe as much to his uncle's home in Auteuil as to Illiers.
In commemoration of his literary achievement, the commune has officially changed its name to Illiers-Combray.
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The arms of Illiers-Combray are blazoned : |
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