Moret-sur-Loing | |
Commune: | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Moret-sur-Loing new (Seine-et-Marne).svg |
Coordinates: | 48.3744°N 2.815°W |
Insee: | 77316 |
Postal Code: | 77250 |
Arrondissement: | Fontainebleau |
Canton: | Montereau-Fault-Yonne |
Elevation Min M: | 45 |
Elevation Max M: | 98 |
Area Km2: | 4.94 |
Population: | 4206 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Moret-sur-Loing (in French pronounced as /mɔʁɛ syʁ lwɛ̃/, literally Moret on Loing) is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is situated on the river Loing, close to its confluence with the 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 merged becoming one commune called Orvanne, which merged into the new commune Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne on 1 January 2016.[2]
The town was a source of inspiration for Monet, Renoir and Sisley.
Inhabitants of Moret-sur-Loing are called Morétains.
Moret-sur-Loing is twinned with: