Sai | |
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The church in Sai | |
Coordinates: 48°44′41″N0°01′36″E / 48.7447°N 0.0267°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
Canton | Argentan-1 |
Intercommunality | Terres d'Argentan Interco |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Leroux [1] |
Area 1 | 5.04 km2 (1.95 sq mi) |
Population (2022) [2] | 227 |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Demonym | Sayiens |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61358 /61200 |
Elevation | 152–186 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).
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]
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]