Moret-sur-Loing

Moret-sur-Loing
Moret-sur-Loing, Alfred Sisley, 1888
Coat of arms of Moret-sur-Loing Coat of arms
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.

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, Co. 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 1903-1911 in Moret

External links

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