Moret-sur-Loing
Moret-sur-Loing is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Moret-sur-Loing | |
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Part of Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne | |
Moret-sur-Loing, Alfred Sisley, 1888 | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Moret-sur-Loing | |
Moret-sur-Loing Moret-sur-Loing | |
Coordinates: 48°22′28″N 2°48′54″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-et-Marne |
Arrondissement | Fontainebleau |
Canton | Montereau-Fault-Yonne |
Commune | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne |
Area 1 | 4.94 km2 (1.91 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | 4,326 |
• Density | 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 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. |
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 in Moret
References
- Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, 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)
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