Combourg

Combourg
Komborn

Château de Combourg

Coat of arms

Combourg

Location within Brittany region

Combourg

Coordinates: 48°24′34″N 1°45′02″W / 48.4094°N 1.7506°WCoordinates: 48°24′34″N 1°45′02″W / 48.4094°N 1.7506°W

Country

Bretagne Romantique

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Joël Le Besco

Area¹

63.55 km² (24.54 sq mi)

Population (2008)²

5,572

• Density

88/km² (230/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

35085 / 35270

Elevation

29–120 m (95–394 ft)
(avg. 66 m or 217 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Combourg (Breton: Komborn, Gallo: Conbórn) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Inhabitants of Combourg are called Combourgeois and, more rarely Combournais, in French.

The town is part of the Patrimoine Urbain de Bretagne and labelled as one of Les Petites Cités de Caractère. Combourg is considered the "cradle of Romanticism" in French literature due to the renowned French writer François-René de Chateaubriand who spent part of his youth in his family's castle, the Château de Combourg. He describes the village and medieval castle in his Mémoirs from Beyond the Grave.

Combourg is located between the cities of Rennes and Saint-Malo in Brittany. It is approximately 386 km from Paris, 39 km from Rennes and 36 km from Saint-Malo .

François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), known as the father of Romanticism in French literature, spent his childhood in his family's castle, the Château de Combourg.

Combourg is twinned with Waldmünchen, in Bavaria, Germany.

Notre-Dame church of Combourg

Maison de la Lanterne

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