The New International Encyclopædia/Maine (France)

MAINE, mā̇n. One of the ancient provinces of France, bounded on the north by Normandy, on the east by Orléannais, on the west by Brittany, and on the south by Anjou and Touraine. It corresponds to the modern departments of Sarthe and Mayenne. The Crown obtained final possession of it in 1481, after the House of Anjou had become extinct. The capital was Le Mans.