Moret-sur-Loing

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.

Moret-sur-Loing
Part of Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne
Moret-sur-Loing, Alfred Sisley, 1888
Coat of arms
Location of Moret-sur-Loing
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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  (2022)[1]	4,169
• Density	844/km2 (2,190/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 have merged becoming one commune called Orvanne. It merged once again into the new commune called 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:

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

See also

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

Famous people

• Alfred Sisley (1839–1899), painter, lived and died in Moret
• Sarah Tyson Hallowell (1846–1924), American art curator, lived and died in Moret
• Harriet Hallowell (1873–1943), American artist, lived and died in Moret
• Eliza Pratt Greatorex (1819–1897), Irish-American artist, lived and died in Moret (Les Remparts, Rue des Fossés)
• Karl Cartier (1855–1925), painter.
• Marina Tsvetaïeva (1892–1941), Russian poet
• Prudent Pohl, dit Zanaroff (1885–1966), painter
• George Grey Barnard (1863–1938), American sculptor and collector of medieval art had his workshop in Moret from 1903 to 1911