Moret-sur-Loing
Template:Infobox French commune
Moret-sur-Loing (Template: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.<ref>Arrêté préfectoral 29 October 2015 Template:In lang</ref>
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 (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