The Petite Maine (; also: ''Maine'') is a river in western France. It is a long left tributary of the

Sèvre Nantaise The Sèvre Nantaise () is a river in the Pays de la Loire regions in western France. It is a left-bank tributary of the Loire. Its total length is . Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres department, near Secondigny. It flows from south to north thr ...

near

Vertou Vertou (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is located on the river Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany. Today, Vertou is a component of the Nantes Métropole and is the fifth-largest ...

. Its basin area is . The lowermost 6 km up to

Château-Thébaud Château-Thébaud (; , before 1992: ''Châteauthébaud'')Décre ...

is navigable.Fluviacarte
Petite Maine

References

{{Reflist Rivers of France Rivers of Loire-Atlantique Rivers of Vendée Rivers of Pays de la Loire