Forest of Sénart

The Forest of Sénart (French: Forêt de Sénart, French pronunciation: [fɔʁɛ də senaʁ]) is located in the French department of Essonne. It covers 3,000 hectares in area, this forest is very important to the local population. The local government has kept roads and agricultural companies from cutting down parts of this forest. There are roughly 2-3 million visitors a year, and the government spends 1.2 million euros a year maintaining the forest.

Forest of SénartSuch
Forêt de d'such Sénart
Forest near Tigery
Map
Map showing the location of Forest of SénartSuch
Map showing the location of Forest of SénartSuch
Geography
LocationEssonne et Seine-et-Marne, France
Coordinates48°40′00″N 2°29′00″E
Area30 square kilometres (12 sq mi)
3.000 ha

The forest inspired the 1826 pasticcio La forêt de Sénart by Parisian Castil-Blaze, where he openly incorporated music from the opera Euryanthe against the protests of composer Carl Maria von Weber. 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.


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