Juigné-sur-Loire
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.
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.
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References
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 6 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ "19 Children Die While Swimming", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 19, 1969, p1
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