Juigné-sur-Loire (, literally ''Juigné on

Loire The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône. It rises in the so ...

'') is a former commune in the

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...

department in western

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. On 15 December 2016 it was merged into the new commune

Les Garennes sur Loire Les Garennes sur Loire (, literally ''Les Garennes on Loire'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. The municipality was established on 15 December 2016 and consists of the former communes of Juigné-sur-Loire and Sa ...

. On 18 July 1969 Juigné-sur-Loire was the site of a tragic accident that killed 19 young teenagers from nearby

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

. 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

river when the gravel riverbed beneath them gave way and swept them downstream into the deeper waters."19 Children Die While Swimming"
''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', July 19, 1969, p1

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