Èvre

The Èvre () is a long river in western France,

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of the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) 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 ...

. Its source is at Vezins, northeast of the village. It flows into the Loire at Le Marillais, east of the village. The Èvre flows through the following

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

in the Maine-et-Loire ''

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'', ordered from source to mouth: Vezins, La Tourlandry,

Trémentines Trémentines () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The musicologist Jean-Pierre Ouvrard (1948–1992) was born in Trémentines. Geography The commune is traversed by the Èvre river. See also *Communes of the Mai ...

, Le May-sur-Èvre, La Jubaudière, Jallais, La Poitevinière,

Beaupréau Beaupréau () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert ...

, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Le Fief-Sauvin, Montrevault, Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, Saint-Rémy-en-Mauges,

La Boissière-sur-Èvre La Boissière-sur-Èvre (, literally ''La Boissière on Èvre'') is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Èvre river. History On 15 December 2015, La Boissière-sur ...

, La Chapelle-Saint-Florent, Botz-en-Mauges,

Saint-Florent-le-Vieil Saint-Florent-le-Vieil () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Mauges-sur-Loire.Rivers of France Rivers of Pays de la Loire Rivers of Maine-et-Loire {{France-river-stub