Mayenne
a river in N. W. France; after a course of 127 miles in a S. direction, joining the Sarthe at Angers, to MAYENNE MAYNARD form the Maine, a tributary of the Loire. "Sound" (1878); "Sport with Gun and It is navigable up to Laval.
MAYENNE (mä-yen'), a French department formed out of the old provinces of Maine and Anjou, now containing the arrondissements of Laval, Château-Gontier, and Mayenne; area, 1,986 square miles; pop. about 300,000. The valleys of the Mayenne, Vilaine, and Sarthe are fairly fertile, and yield wheat, barley, flax, potatoes, hemp, and fruit Rod in American Woods and Waters" (1883); "Researches on the Röntgen Rays" (1896), etc. He died in Maplewood, N. J., July 13, 1897.