Sai, Orne

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Sai
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The church in Sai
Location of Sai
Sai, Orne
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Sai
Coordinates: 48°44′41″N0°01′36″E / 48.7447°N 0.0267°E / 48.7447; 0.0267
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Orne
Arrondissement Argentan
Canton Argentan-1
Intercommunality Terres d'Argentan Interco
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Pierre Leroux [1]
Area
1
5.04 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
227
  Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym Sayiens
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61358 /61200
Elevation152–186 m (499–610 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sai is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. It has a population of 222. [3] Its inhabitants are known as Sayiens (male) and Sayiennes (female).

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Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets (Bordeaux and Sai). [4]

Parts of the commune make up the area, the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fileds and horse stud farms. [5]

Sai along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents. [6]

Sai has 2 bodies of water running through it, The Orne and The Ure. [7]

Toponymy

The name of the village has been found under the forms: Saium in 1086, See et Zee in 1207, Saieum in 1223, Sav in 1418. [8]

Notable people

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. "Sai (Argentan, Orne, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Sai · France". Sai · France.
  5. "Normandie Développement Durable" (PDF).
  6. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
  7. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
  8. Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. p. 207. ISBN   2600028838.
  9. DALPVIA, Nolwenn A. (12 July 2019). "Thierry Ardisson et Audrey Crespo-Mara, isolés, sublime cachette dans l'Orne (photo)".