Moret-sur-Loing

Moret-sur-Loing
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  (2019)	4,206
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/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.

Moret-sur-Loing (French pronunciation: [mɔʁɛ syʁ lwɛ̃], literally Moret on Loing) is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department located at the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is situated along the confluence of rivers Loing and 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 have merged becoming one commune called Orvanne. It merged once again into the new commune called Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne on 1 January 2016.

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:

• Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
• Külsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

See also

• Château de Moret
• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

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

External links

• 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)