Moret-sur-Loing

On 1 January 2015, Moret-sur-Loing and Écuelles merged, becoming the commune of Orvanne, which in turn merged into the new commune of Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne on 1 January 2016. The town was a source of inspiration for Monet, Renoir, and Sisley.

• Name — Moret-sur-Loing • Commune — Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne • Insee — 77316 • Postal Code — 77250 • Arrondissement — Fontainebleau • Canton — Montereau-Fault-Yonne • Elevation Min M — 45 • Elevation Max M — 98 • Area Km2 — 4.94 • Population — 4169 • Population Date — 2022

Inhabitants of Moret-sur-Loing are called Morétains.

Moret-sur-Loing is twinned with: • Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland • Külsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• 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

• Illustration — The 12th-century bridge over the Loing River, with the old mill of Moret in the background, as often depicted in Impressionist paintings. • Illustration — The Porte de Bourgogne.