Savigny, Switzerland
Mollie Margot
Savigny is a municipality in the district of Lavaux -Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Savigny is located at 793 m above sea level. M., 8 km east of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The scattered settlement municipality extends to a slightly inclined to the southeast slope on the plateau southeast of the Jorat: a scenic location high above the lake level of Lake Geneva, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 16.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen Jorat. The village itself is located directly on the watershed between the basins of the Rhone and the Rhine, which is located only a few kilometers north of Lake Geneva. Through various streams, the area is drained to the southwest to Lake Geneva, namely by the Lutrive that Paudèze and their tributaries Chandelar and Ruisseau de Pierre Ozaire. The springing in the northeastern part of municipality streams Bressonne and Grenet flow to Broye in the catchment area of the Rhine. The entire area of Savigny is located on a broad ridge of Jorat Plateau, the La Goille at 906 m above sea level. M. culminates, the highest point of the municipality. To the north of the municipality floor extends into the vast forest area Bois du Grand Jorat (up to 897 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 11 % came from settlements, 30 % of forest and woody plants and 59% to agriculture.
For Savigny include the settlements Claie aux Moines ( 804 m above sea level. M. ) Les Humbert (847 m above sea level. M. ) Le Martinet (866 m above sea level. M. ), La Goille ( 882 m above sea level. M. ) Mollie Margot (830 m above sea level. M. ), La Branche (855 m above sea level. M. ), Nialin ( 861 m above sea level. M. ) and Grémaudet ( 768 m above sea level. M. ), all located on the plateau of the Jorat, and a large number of individual farms. Neighboring communities of Savigny are Lausanne, Montpreveyres, Servion, Forel ( Lavaux), Bourg -en -Lavaux, Lutry, Belmont- sur -Lausanne and Pully.
Population
With 3364 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Savigny belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 86.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 7.5 % and 1.6 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Savigny in 1900 amounted to 1072 inhabitants. Thereafter, through constant migration to 1960 recorded a decrease to 884 inhabitants. Since then, the population grew significantly at, connected to a tripling of the population within 30 years. To various former Hofsiedlungen developed larger family house districts, especially in Mollie Margot, La Goille, Les Humbert and Claie aux Moines, which led to a sprawl of the entire area.
Economy
Savigny was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the agriculture, dairy farming and livestock as well as the forestry have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population.
More jobs are available and service sector. Larger commercial areas developed since the 1980s in Claie aux Moines and Savigny. In town there are companies in the sectors construction, computer science, electrical engineering, transport industry and horticulture. Mid-1980s, the new community center was opened, which also houses an auditorium next to the administrative management. Furthermore Savigny has a Rudolf Steiner School and a home for the disabled. In recent decades, the village has developed in the wake of Lausanne into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and in the Vevey-Montreux region.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main route from Lausanne via Oron- la -Ville to Bulle. The nearest motorway connections to the A9 opened in 1974 (Lausanne -Sion ), located at Belmont ( in the southwest, around 4 km away) and at Chexbres ( in the southeast, around 8 km away). Through the bus line 65, the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise that runs from Lausanne to Servion, Savigny is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Savinie. Later, the names Savignie ( 1267 ) and Saguignie ( 1274) appeared, Savignetum (1300) and Savigny ( 1453). The place name probably derives from a Gallo-Roman colonists named Sabinus or Savin (i ) us. Possibly the name was adopted by the French abbey of Savigny -en- Lyonnais, which had been established in neighboring Lutry a priory.
Since the Middle Ages Savigny was under the Bishop of Lausanne. From about 1490 to shortly before the Reformation, a Franciscan community lived in the village. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Savigny came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the district of Lavaux. Savigny is separated from the parish of Lutry Only in 1825 and became a politically independent community.
Attractions
The Church of Savigny, which in 1538 fell victim to a fire, was rebuilt thereafter, and has since 1975 glass painting by Jean Prahin.