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Rai is a commune in the Orne department of Normandy, France. It is situated within the arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche and the canton of L'Aigle-Ouest. The municipality serves as the capital of the canton of Rai. Rai shares borders with the neighboring communes of Saint-Symphorien-des-Bruyères, Aube, Beaufai, and Écorcei.
The area of the commune is 16.03 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,489 residents and another citing 1,790. Where specified, the population includes 686 males and 739 females. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 290 meters in one dataset and 214 meters in another. The postal code for the region is 61270.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rai
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,790
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Normandy
- Department
- Orne
- Arrondissement
- Mortagne-au-Perche
- Canton
- Rai
- Intercommunality
- Pays de l'Aigle
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Michel Marot
- Area
- 16.03 km (6.19 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,430
- Density
- 89.2/km (231/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 61342 /61270
- Elevation
- 202–290 m (663–951 ft) , (avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Rai
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche
- Population
- 1430
- Area
- 16.03
- Elevation
- 249
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Rai
- Shares border with
- L'Aigle
- Official website
- www.communederai.fr
- Image
- Mairie de Rai.jpg
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- postal code
- 61270
- Commons category
- Rai (Orne)
- associated electoral district
- canton of Rai
- male population
- 686
- female population
- 739
- different from
- Rai
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-33-24-15-13
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Encyclopedic overview
Rai is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.