Larchant
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The basilica of Saint Mathurin
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Location within Île-de-France region
Larchant
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| Coordinates: 48°17′06″N 2°35′51″E / 48.285°N 2.5975°ECoordinates: 48°17′06″N 2°35′51″E / 48.285°N 2.5975°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau |
| Canton | Nemours |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Vincent Mevel |
| Area1 | 29.24 km2 (11.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 734 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77244 /77760 |
| Elevation | 62–141 m (203–463 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Larchant is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region.
Inhabitants are called Liricantois.
Larchant has a cathedral that has served as the center of the cult of Saint Maturin.
A landscape oil painting by Balthus dating from 1939 is a panoramic view of the village centered on the basilica.
in her 1980 novel The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Patricia Highsmith described the town. as a "quiet village" where "[t]he little private houses, all close together in cobble-stoned lanes, looked like illustrations from children's books, cottages almost too small for man and wife to live in".
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