| Guermantes | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
 The town hall in Guermantes | |
| Location of Guermantes | |
  GuermantesShow map of France GuermantesShow map of Île-de-France (region) | |
| Coordinates: 48°51′19″N 2°42′24″E / 48.8553°N 2.7067°E / 48.8553; 2.7067 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Lagny-sur-Marne |
| Intercommunality | Marne et Gondoire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Denis Marchand |
| Area | 1.26 km (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,151 |
| • Density | 910/km (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77221 /77600 |
| Elevation | 97–121 m (318–397 ft) |
| French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guermantes (French pronunciation: [ɡɛʁmɑ̃t] ) 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.”
Demographics
Inhabitants are called Guermantais.
Schools
The town has a preschool and an elementary school in a single school group. Junior high school students attend Collège Léonard de Vinci in Saint Thibault des Vignes.
Area senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:
- Lycée Martin Luther King in Bussy-Saint-Georges
- Lycée Emily Brontë in Lognes
- Lycée Jean Moulin in Torcy
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- See Landy's Philosophy As Fiction: Self, Deception, and Knowledge in Proust, Chapter 2. "Axioms"; the 1909 letter from Proust to Georges de Lauris, Corr. 9:102.
- "GROUPE SCOLAIRE DU VAL GUERMANTES." Guermantes. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Enseignement secondaire." Guermantes. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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