Sai, Orne

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).

Sai
Commune
The church in Sai
Location of Sai
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Coordinates: 48°44′41″N 0°01′36″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.

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

• Thierry Ardisson (1949), a French TV host and Producer lives in the commune.^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department