Maine-et-Loire is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north,

Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the rivers Indre and Loire. In 2023, it had a population of 619,362. Sometimes referred to as Touraine, the name of the historic regio