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Juvinas

Coordinates: 44°42′41″N 4°18′23″E / 44.7114°N 4.3064°E / 44.7114; 4.3064
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Juvinas
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Juvinas is located in France
Juvinas
Juvinas
Juvinas is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Juvinas
Juvinas
Coordinates: 44°42′41″N 4°18′23″E / 44.7114°N 4.3064°E / 44.7114; 4.3064
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementLargentière
CantonAubenas-1
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Claude Court[1]
Area
1
8.43 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
180
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
07111 /07600
Elevation400–1,062 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.

Juvinas is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962159—    
1968181+13.8%
1975144−20.4%
1982138−4.2%
1990153+10.9%
1999149−2.6%
2008161+8.1%

Famous features

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A meteorite felt in June 1821, on the 15th, whose name therefore became the Juvinas meteorite.[3] It felt in the hamlet of Libonès, at a place called “le Cros du Libonès” (in French). It is a eucrite, coming from 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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ The Meteoritical Society. "Meteoritical Bulletin- Entry for Juvinas". Meteoritical Bulletin Database. Retrieved 18 January 2016.