It is primarily the location that makes the richness and originality of Montigny-sur-Loing. Framed by the forest of Fontainebleau in the north, the Sensitive Natural Area of the Plain of Sorques east and meanders south of the Loing, the town is nature oriented. The village opens on streets leading to the church of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Along the Loing Montigny offers a wide variety of leisure homes, fishing hut with a few meters of shoreline, the magnificent villas on the edge of the water or on the hills, with superb views of the surrounding countryside.
Like the neighboring towns, Montigny-sur-Loing hosted many artists and writers come enjoy its charm and tranquility.
Since the arrival of the train and the creation of a viaduct in 1860, new populations from Paris settled. Dozens of hiking trails, horseback or hiking, go to the town, like space "swimming" along the Loing or the discovery of plant and animal diversity through the marked trails of the Plain of Sorques.
And for the more adventurous and lucky who venture on hillsides near the forest, they will find in September of very tasty wild grape, a remaining holdings were decimated by phylloxera. But the corners grapes, like the corners to mushrooms, it is not given, we must discover them yourself.