Moret-sur-Loing

Moret-sur-Loing
Moret-sur-Loing, Alfred Sisley, 1888
Coat of arms
Moret-sur-Loing Location within Île-de-France region Moret-sur-Loing
Coordinates: 48°22′28″N 2°48′54″E / 48.3744°N 2.815°E / 48.3744; 2.815Coordinates: 48°22′28″N 2°48′54″E / 48.3744°N 2.815°E / 48.3744; 2.815
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Fontainebleau
Canton	Moret-sur-Loing
Intercommunality	Moret Seine et Loing
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Septiers
Area1	4.94 km2 (1.91 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	4,305
• Density	870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77316 /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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Moret-sur-Loing is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

On 1 January 2015, Moret-sur-Loing and Écuelles merged becoming one commune called Orvanne, which merged into the new commune 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:

• Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
• Külsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

See also

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

References

Notes

Sources

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moret-sur-Loing.

• Official site (in French)
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Moret-sur-Loing (in French)
• Map of Moret-sur-Loing on Michelin (in English)