Moret-sur-Loing
Moret-sur-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:Famous people
- Alfred Sisley, painter, lived and died in Moret
- Sarah Tyson Hallowell, American art curator, lived and died in Moret
- Harriet Hallowell, American artist, lived and died in Moret
- Eliza Pratt Greatorex, Irish-American artist, lived and died in Moret
- Karl Cartier, painter.
- Marina Tsvetaïeva, Russian poet
- Prudent Pohl, dit Zanaroff, painter
- George Grey Barnard, American sculptor and collector of medieval art had his workshop in Moret from 1903 to 1911