Barbizon

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Coordinates: 48°26′48″N, 2°36′20″E

Commune of Barbizon

Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°26′48″N, 2°36′20″E
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement Melun
Canton Perthes
Intercommunality Pays de Bière
Mayor Pierre Bedouelle
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 75 m–93 m
Land area¹ 5.27 km²
Population²
(1999)
1,490
 - Density 283/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 77022/ 77630
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

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 Barbizonais.

As of the census of 1999, there where 1,490 people residing in the village.

[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.

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Coordinates: 48°26′48″N, 2°36′20″E