The Sèvre Nantaise is a river in western France, a left-bank tributary to the Loire. Its total length is 142 km. Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres département, near Secondigny. It flows from south to north through the départements and towns listed here, reaching the river Loire in the city of Nantes, hence the name Sèvre Nantaise : Deux-Sèvres , Vendée , Maine-et-Loire , and Loire-Atlantique (Clisson, Le Pallet, Vertou, Rezé. The complete list is on the French page for this river.
The river is navigable over a length of 21.5 km from the village of Monnières to the confluence. It has a horseshoe weir and lock at Vertou, and a tidal sluice open to boats an hour before and after high tide at Pont-Rousseau, in the suburbs of Nantes. Its left-bank tributary, the Petite-Maine, is also navigable over a length of 5 km up to the first disused lock and weir. The river is an important resource for tourism in the region. Beyond the navigable section, the river is a popular destination for canoeists.
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Pays de la Loire, France
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