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The Sèvre Niortaise () is a long river in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ...
regions in western France, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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Sepvret Sepvret () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department 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 France. The communes cooperate in the fo ...
, north of Melle. It flows through the following departments and towns: * Deux-Sèvres: Saint-Maixent-l'École, Niort * Vendée:
Damvix Damvix () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes c ...
* Charente-Maritime: Marans It flows into the Atlantic Ocean in Bourg-Chapon, north of the city of La Rochelle. The largest city along the river is Niort, which gives it the name Sèvre ''Niortaise'', distinguishing it from the Sèvre Nantaise. Its largest tributaries are the Vendée and the Autise.


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