Moret-sur-Loing
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Moret-sur-Loing, Alfred Sisley, 1888
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Country | France | |
Region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
Arrondissement | Fontainebleau | |
Canton | Montereau-Fault-Yonne | |
Area1 | 4.94 km2 (1.91 sq mi) | |
Population (2019)2 | 4,206 | |
• Density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 77316 / 77250 | |
Elevation | 45–98 m (148–322 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Moret-sur-Loing is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
On 1 January 2015, Moret-sur-Loing and Écuelles merged becoming one commune called Orvanne, which merged into the new commune Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne on 1 January 2016.[1]
The town was a source of inspiration for Monet, Renoir and Sisley.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Moret-sur-Loing are called Morétains.
Twin towns
Moret-sur-Loing is twinned with:
See also
Famous people
- Alfred Sisley, painter, lived and died in Moret
- Sarah Tyson Hallowell, art curator, lived and died in Moret
- Harriet Hallowell, artist, lived and died in Moret
- Eliza Pratt Greatorex (1819-1897), American artist lived and died in Moret ("Les remparts", Rue des Fossés)
- Karl Cartier, (1855-1925), French painter.
- Marina Tsvetaïeva, Russian poet
- Prudent Pohl said Zanaroff, (1885-1966) painter
- George Grey Barnard, (1863-1938), sculpteur and collector of medieval art had his atelier from 1903-1911 in Moret
References
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moret-sur-Loing. |
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