Le Saix

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Le Saix
Le Saix
Coordinates: 44°28′34″N 5°49′28″E / 44.4761°N 5.8244°E / 44.4761; 5.8244Coordinates: 44°28′34″N 5°49′28″E / 44.4761°N 5.8244°E / 44.4761; 5.8244
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Gap
Canton Veynes
Intercommunality Deux Buëch
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Pierre Schiazza
Area
 • Land1 22.15 km2 (8.55 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 92
 • Population2 Density 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 05158 / 05400
Elevation 774–1,830 m (2,539–6,004 ft)
(avg. 813 m or 2,667 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Saix is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

History

Circa 2500 BCE, humans settled on the banks of the river valley that is a northern tributary of the River Maraize on the Saix proper, as evidenced by bits of blades, sickles, arrowheads, scrapers and shards of flint. Using such evidence as a jumping-off point, French archaeologists have chronicled the development of human culture in the immediate area; among the discovered items have been polished Stone Age axes and Celtic hatchets, bracelets and necklaces of pearls and amber, as well as many relatively sophisticated tools indicative of the arrival of the Bronze Age. Flat tiles, as well as fragments of pottery and coins dating back to the times of Maximinus Thrax provide evidence of the town's possible Roman origins.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 72—    
1968 90+25.0%
1975 81−10.0%
1982 77−4.9%
1990 64−16.9%
1999 79+23.4%
2008 92+16.5%

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