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
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, near
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:
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Deux-Sèvres:
Saint-Maixent-l'École,
Niort
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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.
References
0Sevre Niortaise
Rivers of France
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rivers of Pays de la Loire
Rivers of Deux-Sèvres
Rivers of Vendée
Rivers of Charente-Maritime
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