Juigné-sur-Loire
Part of Les Garennes sur Loire in Pays de la Loire, France
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Juigné-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [ʒɥiɲe syʁ lwaʁ] ⓘ, 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]
Juigné-sur-Loire | |
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Part of Les Garennes sur Loire | |
 Location of Juigné-sur-Loire | |
  Juigné-sur-Loire Location within France  Juigné-sur-Loire Location within Pays de la Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°24′00″N 0°29′00″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 (2022)[1] | 2,801 |
| • Density | 224.3/km2 (580.8/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. | |
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]
