Moret-sur-Loing (, literally ''Moret on
Loing'') is a former
commune in the
Seine-et-Marne
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department located at the
ÃŽle-de-France
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region
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in north-central
France
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. It is situated along the confluence of rivers
Loing and
Seine
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.
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
Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department, in the ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. Moret-sur-Loing is the municipal seat. The municipality was ...
on 1 January 2016.
Arrêté préfectoral
29 October 2015
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
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, County Kilkenny
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* Külsheim, Baden-Württemberg
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See also
* Château de Moret
*
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
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, (1863–1938), sculpteur and collector of medieval art had his atelier from 1903 to 1911 in Moret
References
External links
Official site
*
Former communes of Seine-et-Marne
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