The Argenton () or Argent (）) is a river in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...
region in western France. It is a left tributary of the
Thouet.
Its source is in the commune of
Cirières. Its course crosses the
department of
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres (, Poitevin-Saintongese: ''Deùs Saevres'') is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a ...
. It flows generally northeast through the towns of
Le Pin,
Nueil-les-Aubiers,
Argenton-les-Vallées and
Argenton-l'Église, finally flowing into the Thouet near
Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay.
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rivers of Deux-Sèvres
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