Guermantes () is a
commune in the
Seine-et-Marne
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department in the
Île-de-France
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region
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in north-central
France
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. It is located in the
Val de Bussy sector of
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée () (English language, English: Marne Valley) is a new town located near Paris, France.
Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, University of Marne la Vallée, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Par ...
. As of 2022, its population was 1,151.
Writer
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( ; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the novel (in French – translated in English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and more r ...
adopted its name for the origin of the ''Guermantes'' family in ''
À la recherche du temps perdu
''In Search of Lost Time'' (), first translated into English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'', and sometimes referred to in French as ''La Recherche'' (''The Search''), is a novel in seven volumes by French author Marcel Proust. This early twen ...
''. 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.
GROUPE SCOLAIRE DU VAL GUERMANTES
" Guermantes. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Junior high school students attend Collège Léonard de Vinci in Saint Thibault des Vignes.[Enseignement secondaire]
" Guermantes. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Area senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:[
* Lycée Martin Luther King in ]Bussy-Saint-Georges
Bussy-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Geography
In the East, at the distan ...
*Lycée Emily Brontë
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...
in Lognes
Lognes () is a community in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France from the center of Paris.
The community of Lognes is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sector ...
* Lycée Jean Moulin in Torcy
See also
*
References
External links
Official website
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Communes of Seine-et-Marne
Val de Bussy
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