Vaige

The Vaige (French: la Vaige) is a 53.6 km (33.3 mi) long river in the Mayenne and Sarthe departments in western France.[1]

Vaige
Vaige river at the south of La Bazouge-de-Chemeré in winter
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Saint-Léger
• coordinates	48°04′52″N 00°28′15″W
• elevation	112 m (367 ft)
Mouth
• location	Sarthe
• coordinates	47°50′15″N 00°19′55″W
• elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Length	53.6 km (33.3 mi)
Basin size	233 km^2 (90 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	1.48 m^3/s (52 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Sarthe→ Maine→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

• In Mayenne, the Vaige has its source in Saint-Léger then waters the following villages : Vaiges, Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard, La Bazouge-de-Chemeré, La Cropte, Saint-Denis-du-Maine, Préaux, Ballée, Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf,
• Then the Vaige séparates Mayenne (Saint-Loup-du-Dorat) from Sarthe (Auvers-le-Hamon),
• Only in Mayenne the Vaige waters Bouessay,
• Entering the Sarthe department, the Vaige avoid the Sablé-sur-Sarthe town and flows in the Sarthe (right tributary)

low water and flood

Very often the river uses to dry at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, so fishes and river mussels die but kingfishers may fly away.

• 
  the Vaige dried at the south of the Bazouge-de-Chemeré on September 17, 2005
• 
  Died fishes in the dried river on 2005
• 
  the Vaige dried at the south of the Bazouge-de-Chemeré on June 24, 2017
• 
  Flood at the south of the Bazouge-de-Chemeré on February 28, 2010
• 
  The Chemerette stream passes through an old path before flowing in Vaige river.
• 
  Wash-house in La Cropte

Notes

• This article is based on the fr:Vaige from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 22, 2009. and illustrated on October 10, 2019

References

1. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Vaige (M06-0310)".

• http://www.geoportail.fr