Sai, Orne


Sai is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. It has a population of 222. Its inhabitants are known as Sayiens and Sayiennes.

Geography

The commune of is made up of the following villages and hamlets '''.
Parts of the commune make up the area, the Plaine d'Argentan, which is known for its cereal growing fileds and horse stud farms.
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.
Sai has 2 bodies of water running through it, The Orne and The Ure.

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.

Notable people