Servion

Servion
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Lavaux-Oron
BFS no. :	5799
Postal code :	1077
Coordinates :	549 809  /  158495 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '33 "  N , 6 ° 47' 2"  O ; CH1903:  549,809  /  158495
Height :	752  m above sea level M.
Height range :	690–856 m above sea level M.
Area :	6.32  km²
Residents:	1944 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	308 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.servion.ch
Location of the municipality

Servion is a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Servion lies at 752  m above sea level. M. , 3.5 km west of Oron-la-Ville and 13 km northeast of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The scattered settlement community extends over a plateau and by the Carrouge stream east of the Jorat , in the Vaudois Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 6.32 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Molasse heights between the Jorat and the upper reaches of the Broye . The central part of the area is taken up by the wide valley of the Carrouge stream. The Servion hills (up to 782  m above sea level ) connect to the northeast , and the eastern border runs along the Parimbot , a left tributary of the Broye. To the southwest, the municipality extends into the forest area Bois de Villars , in which at 855  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Servion is reached. In the south Servion extends to the height of Pra Donnabbé ( 722  m above sea level ). In 1997, 15% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 24% for forests and woodlands and 61% for agriculture.

Servion includes several settlement centers along the streets that cross the municipality, the Chez Favet single-family housing estate ( 765  m above sea level ) on a hill between the Carrouge and Parimbot streams, as well as some individual farms. Servion's neighboring communities are Essertes , Forel (Lavaux) , Savigny , Montpreveyres , Jorat-Mézières in the canton of Vaud and Auboranges in the canton of Friborg .

population

With 1944 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Servion is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 89.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.0% German-speaking and 2.0% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Servion was 333 in 1900. Thereafter, a decrease to 198 inhabitants was recorded due to steady emigration until 1960; since then the population has increased again significantly and quintupled within 40 years.

economy

Servion was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Today agriculture and livestock farming have only a minor role in the income structure of the population. Numerous other jobs are available in local small businesses and especially in the service sector. An industrial area developed in the Carrouge valley. Companies in the fields of construction and transport, pneumatics, electronics and precision mechanics have settled here. With the construction of numerous single-family houses in the last few decades, the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne .

Attractions

Servion is known nationwide for its two tourist attractions, the Zoo de Servion and the Tropiquarium. There is also the Théâtre Barnabé in the village.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Moudon to Vevey . Servion is the terminus of bus route 65 of the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise and is thus directly connected to the center of the canton capital. The village is also served by the Postbus course, which runs on the Mézières-Oron-la-Ville route.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1141 under the name Salvion . Numerous other names appeared later: Salviacum (in the 12th century), Salvium (1147), Sarviacum (1155), Sarvion (1236) and Sarvyon (1291). The place name goes back to the Gallo-Roman surname Salvius .

In the Middle Ages , Servion belonged to a noble family that bore the same name. The Cistercian Abbey of Haut-Crêt also owned land in the municipality. In 1259 the village came as a fief to Peter of Savoy . After the conquest of the Vaud by Bern, Servion came to the Bernese bailiwick of Oron in 1557 . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village belonged to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic , which then became part of the canton of Vaud when the mediation constitution came into force . In 1798 it was assigned to the Oron district.

Until 1820 Servion and Ferlens formed a single municipality, only after the separation from Ferlens did today's municipality borders emerge. In 1938 test drilling for crude oil was carried out in the municipality , but this was unsuccessful.

A merger of Servion with the neighboring communities of Mézières, Montpreveyres and Les Cullayes was sought, but failed on January 15, 2006 at the ballot box on the narrow no of the residents of Montpreveyres. The other three municipalities agreed to the merger. In the referendum of November 28, 2010, the merger of Servion and Les Cullayes was approved; it will take effect on January 1, 2012.

Attractions

The core of the Church of Servion goes back to a chapel from 1453; the bell tower was added in the 19th century.

Web links

Commons : Servion  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Paola Crivelli: Servion. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Official website of the Municipality of Servion (French)
• Aerial views of the village
• Servion Zoo (French)
• Théâtre Barnabé (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .