Juigné-sur-Loire
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Juigné-sur-Loire | |
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Part of Les Garennes sur Loire | |
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Coordinates: 47°24′00″N 0°29′00″W / 47.4°N 0.4833°WCoordinates: 47°24′00″N 0°29′00″W / 47.4°N 0.4833°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Maine-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Angers |
Canton | Les Ponts-de-Cé |
Commune | Les Garennes sur Loire |
Area 1 | 12.49 km2 (4.82 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | 2,698 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Juignéen, Juignéenne |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 49610 |
Elevation | 16–66 m (52–217 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Juigné-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [ʒɥiɲe syʁ lwaʁ] (listen), literally Juigné on Loire) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016 it was merged into the new commune Les Garennes sur Loire.[2]
On 18 July 1969 Juigné-sur-Loire was the site of a tragic accident that killed 19 young teenagers from nearby Angers. The children, part of a group of sixty 13- and 14-year-olds on an outing from a recreational center, had been wading in the Loire river when the gravel riverbed beneath them gave way and swept them downstream into the deeper waters.[3]
See also[]
- Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
References[]
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 6 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ "19 Children Die While Swimming", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 19, 1969, p1
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