The Vaige () is a long river in the
Mayenne
Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ille-et ...
and
Sarthe
Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the ''Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It had ...
departments in western France.
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*In Mayenne, the Vaige has its source in
Saint-Léger then waters the following villages:
Vaiges
Vaiges () is a commune in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region of France.
Geography
The river Vaige forms part of the commune's northern border, then traverses the commune's territory from north to south before forming part of its ...
,
Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard,
La Bazouge-de-Chemeré
La Bazouge-de-Chemeré () is a Communes of France, commune in the Mayenne Departments of France, department in northwestern France.
Geography
The village stands on a promontory above the Vaige river. On the opposite side there are limestone quar ...
,
La Cropte,
Saint-Denis-du-Maine
Saint-Denis-du-Maine () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
Geography
The Vaige forms most of the commune's eastern border.
See also
*Communes of Mayenne
The following is a list of the 240 communes of the Mayenne ...
,
Préaux,
Ballée
Ballée () is a former commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-du-Maine. ,
Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf,
*Then the Vaige séparates Mayenne (
Saint-Loup-du-Dorat
Saint-Loup-du-Dorat () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
Geography
The Vaige forms most of the commune's north-eastern border.
See also
*Communes of the Mayenne department
The following is a list of the 240 commu ...
) from Sarthe (
Auvers-le-Hamon
Auvers-le-Hamon is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
Geography
The Vaige forms part of the commune's south-western border.
See also
*Communes of the Sarthe department
The following ...
),
*Only in Mayenne the Vaige waters
Bouessay
Bouessay () is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France.
Geography
The Vaige forms part of the commune's northwestern border, flows southeast through the middle of the commune, then forms most part of the commune's southeastern ...
,
*Entering the Sarthe department, the Vaige avoid the
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Sablé-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Sablé on Sarthe''), commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It is about 50 km northeast of Angers.
Population
Geography
The ...
town and flows in the
Sarthe
Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the ''Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It had ...
(
right tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
)
Low water and flood
Very often the river uses to dry at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, so fishes and river mussels die but kingfishers may fly away.
File:Vauvron2005 0917 145324AA.jpg, the Vaige dried at the south of the Bazouge-de-Chemeré on September 17, 2005
File:Vauvron2005 0917 150244AA.jpg, Died fishes in the dried river on 2005
File:Vauvéron 20170624 161909.jpg, the Vaige dried at the south of the Bazouge-de-Chemeré on June 24, 2017
File:Vauvéron 20100228 130846 031.jpg, Flood at the south of the Bazouge-de-Chemeré on February 28, 2010
File:Vauvéron_20100130_115341_003.jpg, The Chemerette stream passes through an old path before flowing in Vaige river.
File:Vauvéron 20090913 114148 09.jpg, Wash-house in La Cropte
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Mayenne
Rivers of Sarthe
Rivers of Pays de la Loire
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