François-Adrien Juvanon (13 August 1875 – 9 February 1950) was a French colonial administrator and author in the
French Colonial Empire
The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas Colony, colonies, protectorates, and League of Nations mandate, mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "Firs ...
. Born in
La Balme-les-Grottes
La Balme-les-Grottes () is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
Geography
La Balme-des-Grottes is located some 32 km east by north-east of Lyon and 11 km south of Ambérieu-e ...
, he was Governor of
French Guiana
French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...
in 1927, Acting Governor of
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( ), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canadian province of ...
in 1928–29, and Governor of
French India
French India, formally the (), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de facto'' incorporated into the ...
1931–34.
References
1875 births
1950 deaths
Governors of French India
People from La Balme-les-Grottes
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