Loing
The Loing () is a long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine.
Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwestern of the department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Moret-sur-Loing.
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commune
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in the
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne (river), Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square ...
department
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region
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in north-central
France
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Montigny-sur-Loing station
Montigny-sur-Loing is a railway station in Montigny-sur-Loing, Île-de-France, France. The station opened in 1860 and is on the Moret–Lyon railway. The station is served by Transilien line R (Paris-Gare de Lyon) operated by SNCF
The Socià ...
has rail connections to Montargis, Melun and Paris. Inhabitants are referred to as ''Montignons''.
Notable residents
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Shelley Steiner
Shelley Steiner, also known as Shelley Steiner-Wetterberg (born 23 October 1961) is a Canadian fencing, fencer, who fenced in three Olympic Games and won a gold medal in the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Biography
Steiner was born in Toronto, ...