Barbizon
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| Commune of Barbizon | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Melun |
| Canton | Perthes |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Bière |
| Mayor | Claude Marchal (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 75 m–93 m |
| Land area¹ | 5.27 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,490 |
| - Density (1999) | 283/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77022/ 77630 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Barbizon is a village and a commune of the Seine-et-Marne département, in France, located near the Fontainebleau Forest.
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[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants are called the Barbizonais.
As of the census of 1999, there where 1,490 people residing in the city.
[edit] Miscellaneous
The Barbizon school of painters is named after the village; Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet, leaders of the school, made their homes and died in the village.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Barbizon website
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région (English)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Barbizon (French)
- Map of Barbizon on Michelin (English)
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