Vendée (river)

The Vendée (US: /vɒ̃ˈdeɪ/, French: [vɑ̃de] (listen); Occitan: Vendèa) is a 82.5 km (51.3 mi) long river in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire regions in western France. It a right tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise.[1]

Vendée
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
⁃ location	Deux-Sèvres
⁃ elevation	206 m (676 ft)
Mouth
⁃ location	Sèvre Niortaise
⁃ coordinates	46°19′21″N 0°57′47″W
Length	82.5 km (51.3 mi)
Basin size	675 km2 (261 sq mi)

Its source is near L'Absie, in the west of the Deux-Sèvres department. For a few kilometres, it forms the border between the departments of Vendée (named after the river) and Charente-Maritime, before it flows into the Sèvre Niortaise, near Marans.

It flows through the following departments and towns:

• Deux-Sèvres: Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine
• Vendée: Mervent, Fontenay-le-Comte, Velluire, L'Île-d'Elle
• Charente-Maritime