It was discovered on 20 February 1934, by French astronomer Odette Bancilhon at Algiers Observatory, Algeria in Northern Africa.

[3] More specifically, it is estimated to have a Sq spectral type, which would also agree with its family classification.

[14] Photometric lightcurve observations gave a well determined rotation period of 4.88 hours with a brightness variation between 0.57 and 1.1 magnitude (U=3/3/3/3/3).

[4][6] Observations by the NEO-/Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer missions gave a somewhat different result of 0.17 and 0.38, respectively.

[15][16] The asteroid was named after the Cévennes, a mountain range in southern France at the eastern rim of the Massif Central.