Grez-sur-Loing
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Ruins of the Tour de Ganne
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Location within Île-de-France region
Grez-sur-Loing
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| Coordinates: 48°18′55″N 2°41′20″E / 48.3153°N 2.6889°ECoordinates: 48°18′55″N 2°41′20″E / 48.3153°N 2.6889°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau |
| Canton | Nemours |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Claude Boixière |
| Area1 | 12.97 km2 (5.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,358 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77216 /77880 |
| Elevation | 52–85 m (171–279 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Grez-sur-Loing (formerly Grès-en-Gâtinais) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France.
It is located 70 km south of Paris and is notable for the artists and musicians who have lived or stayed there. The Swedish artist Carl Larsson met his wife Karin Bergöö while they were both staying at Grez.
The English composer Frederick Delius lived here and dictated a number of works to his amanuensis, Eric Fenby, here. Their house was portrayed in the 1968 Ken Russell film Song of Summer, but it was filmed in England.
Others include Irish artist Frank O'Meara, Swedish artists Karl Nordström, Carl Larsson, Emma Chadwick, Julia Beck and Bruno Liljefors as well as writer August Strindberg, the Danish and Norwegian members of the Skagen Painters, and Robert Louis Stevenson. American artists were John Singer Sargent, Francis Brooks Chadwick, Robert Vonnoh, Edward Simmons (painter), Will Hicox Low, Theodore Robinson, Willard Metcalf, Bruce Crane, and Kenyon Cox.
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