Moret-sur-Loing
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Moret-sur-Loing (Script error: No such module "IPA"., 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.[1]
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:
- Template:Flagicon Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
- Template:Flagicon Külsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
See also
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
External links
- Official site Template:In lang
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) Template:In lang
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- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 29 October 2015 Template:In lang