Guermantes
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Guermantes | |
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 The town hall in Guermantes | |
Location of Guermantes  | |
  Guermantes  Guermantes | |
| Coordinates: 48°51′19″N 2°42′24″E / 48.8553°N 2.7067°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Lagny-sur-Marne |
| Intercommunality | Marne et Gondoire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2025–2026) | Annie Viard[1] |
Area 1 | 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,151 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (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) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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 2022, its population was 1,151.
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.”[3]
Inhabitants are called Guermantais.
Schools
The town has a preschool and an elementary school in a single school group.[4] Junior high school students attend Collège Léonard de Vinci in Saint Thibault des Vignes.[5]
Area senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:[5]
