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Moret-sur-Loing

Part of Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Moret-sur-Loing

48°22′28″N 2°48′54″E / 48.3744°N 2.815°E / 48.3744; 2.815CountryFranceRegionÎle-de-FranceDepartmentSeine-et-MarneArrondissementFontainebleauCantonMontereau-Fault-YonneCommuneMoret-Loing-et-OrvanneArea

4.94 km² (1.91 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

4,206 • Density850/km² (2,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

77250

Elevation45–98 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.

Moret-sur-Loing (French pronunciation: [mɔʁɛ syʁ lwɛ̃], literally Moret on Loing) is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is situated on the river Loing, close to its confluence with the Seine. Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons station has rail connections to Montargis, Melun, Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Laroche-Migennes and Paris.

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.^[2]

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:

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 to 1911 in Moret

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 October 2015 (in French)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moret-sur-Loing.

Official site (in French)
1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)