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

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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 ...

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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 {{France-river-stub