Sai, Orne
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| Coordinates: 48°44′41″N 0°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 (2021)[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 north-western France. It has a population of 222.[3] Its inhabitants are known as Sayiens (male) and Sayiennes (female).
Geography
[edit]The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets,Bordeaux and Sai.[4]
Sai along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[5]
Sai has 2 water courses running through it, The Orne and The Ure.[6]
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Toponymy
[edit]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.[7]
Notable people
[edit]- Thierry Ardisson (1949), a French TV host and Producer lives in the commune.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Sai (Argentan, Orne, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Sai · France". Sai · France.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500099 - Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - Description".
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)".
- ^ Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. p. 207. ISBN 2600028838.
- ^ DALPVIA, Nolwenn A. (12 July 2019). "Thierry Ardisson et Audrey Crespo-Mara, isolés, sublime cachette dans l'Orne (photo)".
External links
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Media related to Sai (Orne) at Wikimedia Commons
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