BARBIZON


'Barbizon' is a village and a commune of the Seine-et-Marne ''département'', in France, located near the Fontainebleau Forest.

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Demographics
Miscellaneous
See also
External links

Demographics


The inhabitants are called ''Barbizonais''.
As of the census of 1999, there where 1,490 people residing in the village.

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.

See also



Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

External links



Barbizon website

1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région

French Ministry of Culture list for Barbizon

Map of Barbizon on Michelin

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