Moret-sur-Loing

Moret-sur-Loing (, 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.

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, County Kilkenny, Ireland
 * 🇩🇪 Külsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Famous people

 * Alfred Sisley, painter, lived and died in Moret
 * Sarah Tyson Hallowell, art curator, lived and died in Moret
 * Harriet Hallowell, artist, lived and died in Moret
 * Eliza Pratt Greatorex (1819–1897), American artist lived and died in Moret ("Les remparts", Rue des Fossés)
 * Karl Cartier, (1855–1925), French painter.
 * Marina Tsvetaïeva, Russian poet
 * Prudent Pohl said Zanaroff, (1885–1966) painter
 * George Grey Barnard, (1863–1938), sculpteur and collector of medieval art had his atelier from 1903 to 1911 in Moret