The Argenton is a river in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...

region in western France. It is a left tributary of the

Thouet The Thouet () is a tributary of the Loire in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire regions of western France. The Thouet rises at Secondigny, close to the source of the Sèvre Nantaise, and joins the Loire just to the west of Saumur. It is ...

. Its source is in the commune of

Cirières Cirières () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. See also *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Deux-Sèvres department of Franc ...

. Its course crosses the department of

Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.

. It flows generally northeast through the towns of Le Pin,

Nueil-les-Aubiers Nueil-les-Aubiers () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Population Twin towns In 1996 it was twinned with the town of Attleborough in Norfolk, England. See also *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The follo ...

Argenton-les-Vallées Argenton-les-Vallées is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Argentonnay, and became a delegated commune of Argentonnay. It is situated in the valley of the Ri ...

and Argenton-l'Église, finally flowing into the Thouet near Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay.

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Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Deux-Sèvres {{France-river-stub