Editing Combourg

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Combourg
|native name            = {{native name|mis|paren=no|Conbórn}} ([[Gallo language|Gallo]]) <br> {{native name|br|Komborn}}
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image flag             = Flag of Combourg.svg
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Combourg (Ille-et-Vilaine).svg
|image                  = Combourg.jpg
|caption                = [[Château de Combourg]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|48.4094|-1.7506|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement         = Saint-Malo
|canton                 = Combourg
|INSEE                  = 35085
|postal code            = 35270
|mayor                  = Joël Le Besco<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = Bretagne Romantique
|elevation m            = 66
|elevation min m        = 29
|elevation max m        = 120
|area km2               = 63.55
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Combourg''' ({{IPA|fr|kɔ̃buʁ}}; {{langx|br|Komborn}}; [[Gallo language|Gallo]]: ''Conbórn'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Ille-et-Vilaine]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern [[France]].

==History==
The town is part of the Patrimoine Urbain de Bretagne and labelled as one of the [[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&nbsp;km from Paris, 39&nbsp;km from Rennes and 36&nbsp;km from Saint-Malo .

==Administration==
===Mayors===
The current mayor of Combourg is Joël Le Besco ([[Miscellaneous right]]). He replaced Marie-Thérèse Sauvée ([[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]]) in office from 1995 to 2001.

* André Belliard (1932-2005), [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]] mayor from 1971 to 1977 and from 1983 to 1995;
* Joseph Hubert ''[[son]]'' (1921-1994), [[Centre-left]] mayor from 1970 to 1971 and from 1977 to 1983;
* Abel Bourgeois (1904-1970), [[Radical Party (France)|Radical-Socialist]] mayor from 1945 to 1970 ([[resignation]]).

Among previous well-known mayors are:
* Émile Bohuon (1880-1938), [[Independent Radicals|Independent Radical]] mayor from 1919 to 1938 ([[death]]);
* Valentin Cutté (1854-1936), [[French Republic|Republican]] mayor from 1903 to 1919;
* Gervais Parent (1852-1913), from 1885 to 1900;
* Victor Thomas (1832-1885), from 1876 to 1877, in 1878 and from 1880 to 1885;
* Jean Gesbert de la Noë-Seiche (1748-1828), first mayor of Combourg in 1790.

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

{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|9987|Combourg }}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-35085#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|1800 | 4170
|1901 | 5204
|1962 | 4339
|1968 |4457
|1975 |4647
|1982 |4733
|1990 |4843
|1999 |4850
|2007 |5401
|2012 |5739
|2017 |5940
}}

==Personalities==
[[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]].

==International relations==
Combourg is twinned with [[Waldmünchen]], in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Combourg (35) Église Notre-Dame - Extérieur - 01.jpg|Notre-Dame church of Combourg
File:Combourg (35) Hôtel de Trémaudan.jpg|Maison de la Lanterne
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Château de Combourg]]
* [[Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Combourg}}
*{{Official website}} {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.tourisme-combourg.fr/index.php/en Combourg Office of Tourism] ({{in lang|en}}

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[[Category:Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine]]


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