Juvinas
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Juvinas is a commune located in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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 Location of Juvinas | |
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| Coordinates: 44°42′41″N 4°18′23″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ardèche |
| Arrondissement | Largentière |
| Canton | Aubenas-1 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Claude Court[1] |
Area 1 | 8.43 km2 (3.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 187 |
| • Density | 22.2/km2 (57.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 07111 /07600 |
| Elevation | 400–1,062 m (1,312–3,484 ft) (avg. 650 m or 2,130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 181 | — |
| 1975 | 144 | −3.21% |
| 1982 | 138 | −0.61% |
| 1990 | 153 | +1.30% |
| 1999 | 149 | −0.29% |
| 2007 | 157 | +0.66% |
| 2012 | 173 | +1.96% |
| 2017 | 172 | −0.12% |
| 2023 | 187 | +1.40% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Famous features
A meteorite fell on the 15th of June 1821, and it was named the Juvinas meteorite.[4] It fell in the hamlet of Libonès, at a place called “le Cros du Libonès” (in French). It is a eucrite, coming from the Vesta minor planet, the 4th asteroid by size from the main asteroid belt, between Jupiter and Mars. Half of the original recovered fall is still kept in the French national collection of meteorites at MNHN museum, in Paris, France. The remaining was kept in neighborhood family homes, but the lack of transmission of their origin through successive generations ended with the loss, by discarding, of most if not all of these therefore unidentified pieces.
