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Illiers-Combray (French pronunciation: ​[ilje kɔ̃bʁɛ]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in north central France.

Illiers-Combray
Commune
The church and surroundings in Illiers-Combray
Coat of arms
Location of Illiers-Combray
Illiers-Combray
Illiers-Combray
Coordinates: 48°18′04″N 1°14′54″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementChartres
CantonIlliers-Combray
IntercommunalityEntre Beauce et Perche
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Puyenchet
Area
1
33.60 km2 (12.97 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
3,266
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28196 /28120
Elevation144–204 m (472–669 ft)
(avg. 162 m or 531 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
17933,170—    
18002,617−17.4%
18062,829+8.1%
18212,473−12.6%
18312,937+18.8%
18363,069+4.5%
18412,916−5.0%
18463,159+8.3%
18513,136−0.7%
18563,100−1.1%
18613,003−3.1%
18663,005+0.1%
18722,993−0.4%
18762,997+0.1%
18812,795−6.7%
18862,831+1.3%
18912,860+1.0%
YearPop.±%
18962,795−2.3%
19012,812+0.6%
19063,035+7.9%
19112,985−1.6%
19212,790−6.5%
19262,963+6.2%
19312,734−7.7%
19362,875+5.2%
19463,017+4.9%
19542,937−2.7%
19623,089+5.2%
19682,971−3.8%
19753,407+14.7%
19823,333−2.2%
19903,329−0.1%
19993,225−3.1%
20083,249+0.7%

Literature


Combray was the writer Marcel Proust's name for the village of Illiers (near the Cathedral town of Chartres), vividly depicted by him in the opening chapters of his vast semi-autobiographical novel In Search of Lost Time.

The home of Proust's "Aunt Léonie" in the heart of the village, where he spent much of his childhood, has been transformed into a museum to the writer's memory. It provides visitors with a delightful view of 19th-century provincial life as well as of the many Proustian mementos on display.

It should be added that Proust scholars have recently claimed his descriptions of "Combray" owe as much to the author's stays in his uncle's home in Auteuil, near Paris, as to Illiers-Combray.

As a tribute to Proust's literary masterpiece, the people of Illiers decided, in 1971, to change the town's name to Illiers-Combray, on the occasion of the centenary of the author's birth.[2]


Twinning


The village is twinned with Coniston, Cumbria, the home of John Ruskin.[3] Ruskin's work was a source of inspiration to Proust.


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. "Illiers-Combray à la recherche d'un tourisme proustien". La Croix. 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2020. Voilà 47 ans que la ville, qui s'appelait simplement Illiers, a adopté le nom fictif de «Combray» pour célébrer le centenaire de la naissance de l'auteur.
  3. Addison, Mike (2014). "Coniston toasts its twin towns". Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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[ru] Илье-Комбре

Илье́-Комбре́ (фр. Illiers-Combray) — коммуна во Франции, расположенная в департаменте Эр и Луар региона Центр — Долина Луары. Входит в состав одноимённого кантона; относится к округу Шартр. В 1971 году коммуна, изначально носившая название «Илье», официально сменила имя на «Илье-Комбре», в честь Комбре из романа Марселя Пруста «В поисках утраченного времени».


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