Moret-sur-Loing (, 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.[ Arrêté préfectoral 29 October 2015 ]
The town was a source of inspiration for Claude Monet, Renoir, and Alfred Sisley.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Moret-sur-Loing are called
Morétains.
Twin towns
Moret-sur-Loing is
Town twinning with:
See also
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Château de Moret
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Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
Famous people
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Alfred Sisley (1839–1899), painter, lived and died in Moret
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Sarah Tyson Hallowell (1846–1924), American art curator, lived and died in Moret
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Harriet Hallowell (1873–1943), American artist, lived and died in Moret
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Eliza Pratt Greatorex (1819–1897), Irish-American artist, lived and died in Moret ( Les Remparts, Rue des Fossés)
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Karl Cartier (1855–1925), painter.
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Marina Tsvetaïeva (1892–1941), Russian poet
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Prudent Pohl, dit Zanaroff (1885–1966), painter
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George Grey Barnard (1863–1938), American sculptor and collector of medieval art had his workshop in Moret from 1903 to 1911
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