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| Coordinates:48°18′55″N2°41′20″E / 48.3153°N 2.6889°E /48.3153; 2.6889 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau |
| Canton | Nemours |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jacques Bedossa[1] |
Area 1 | 12.97 km2 (5.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,457 |
| • Density | 112.3/km2 (290.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77216 /77880 |
| Elevation | 52–85 m (171–279 ft) |
| 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 (French pronunciation:[gʁesyʁlwɛ̃]ⓘ, literallyGrez onLoing; formerlyGrès-en-Gâtinais, literallyGrès inGâtinais) is acommune in theSeine-et-Marnedepartment in north-centralFrance. It is 6 km north ofNemours.
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Grez is on the main D607 road fromFontainebleu to Nemours, and close to the A6 motorway. It is served by theBourron-Marlotte-Grez railway station.
It is located 70 km south ofParis and is notable for the artists and musicians who have lived or stayed there. The painterFernande Sadler became mayor and encouraged the community gathering paintings and she wrote about the artists there.[3]
The Swedish artistCarl Larsson met his wifeKarin Bergöö while they were both staying at Grez. Others include Irish artistFrank O'Meara, Swedish artistsKarl Nordström,Emma Chadwick,Julia Beck andBruno Liljefors as well as writerAugust Strindberg, the Danish and Norwegian members of theSkagen Painters, andRobert Louis Stevenson. American artists wereJohn Singer Sargent,Francis Brooks Chadwick,Robert Vonnoh,Edward Simmons (painter),Will Hicox Low,Theodore Robinson,Willard Metcalf,Bruce Crane, andKenyon Cox. Grez is featured in many paintings by TheGlasgow Boys, where the bridge over the river is clearly featured. They were resident in the village at the turn of the 20th century.[4]
Musicians also migrated to Grez-sur-Loing. The English composerFrederick Delius lived here and dictated a number of works to hisamanuensis,Eric Fenby, here. Their house was portrayed in the 1968Ken Russell filmSong of Summer, but it was filmed in England. Delius died in Grez on 10 June 1934. The American soprano and folk song fieldworkerLoraine Wyman spent several years here starting in 1928, following her retirement from singing.
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