Commune of Combourg
Location
Longitude	01° 45' 02" W
Latitude	48° 24' 34" N
Administration
Country	France
Région	Bretagne
Département	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Saint-Malo
Canton	Combourg
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Bretagne Romantique
Mayor	Joël Le Besco (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	29 m–120 m (avg. 66 m)
Land area¹	63.55 km²
Population² (1999)	4,850
- Density (1999)	76/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	35085/ 35270
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Combourg is a commune of the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in Brittany, France. Population (1999): 4,850. Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Location Administration Capital Rennes Regional President Jean-Yves Le Drian (PS) (since 2004) Départements Côtes-dArmor Ille-et-Vilaine Morbihan Finistère Arrondissements 15 Cantons 201 Communes 1,268 Statistics Land area1 27,209 km² Population (Ranked 7th)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Ille-et-Vilaine is a département of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French) in the northwest corner of France. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Saint-Malo is an arrondissement of France, located in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, in the Bretagne région. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Ille-et-Vilaine is a département of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French) in the northwest corner of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Traditional coat of arms Modern flag (Gwenn-ha-du) Historical province of Brittany région of Bretagne, see Bretagne. ...

François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) grew up in his family's castle in Combourg. François-René de Chateaubriand, painting by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, beginning of 19th century. ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Combourg is twinned with Waldmünchen, in Bavaria, Germany. Waldmünchen is a town in the district of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

External links

• Official site
• Combourg's Tourism Information Center site (in English)
• (French) Cultural Heritage