Located 70 km south of Paris, 8 km from Fontainebleau and 10 km from Nemours Bourron-Marlotte enjoys an ideal location on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest estate. The plain extends to the Loing River, which flows into the Seine at Saint-Mammès.
In the 19th century is the great artistic period that begins in the village. By 1830, Caruelle of Aligny and Jean-Baptiste Corot moved into the village where many artists will visit them Barbizon: Harpignies, Daubigny, Diaz de la Pena, Olivier de Penne??
Later, with the opening of hostels Saccault Antony then, other artists will follow: Murger, Sisley, Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Pissarro, de Musset??
