The Forest of Sénart (, ) is located in the
French department of
Essonne
Essonne () is a department in the southern part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes.[Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...]
. The experience drove Weber to lobby German theaters and sovereigns to control the distribution of his next opera, ''Oberon'' – an important incident in the creation of modern copyright law.
Geography of Essonne
Forests of France
Tourist attractions in Île-de-France
Tourist attractions in Essonne
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