Savigny, Switzerland

Savigny (saviɲi) is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Savigny is first mentioned in 1224 as Savignie. It was part of Lutry until 1823 when it separated to become an independent municipality. Savigny has an area, , of . Of this area, is used for agricultural purposes, while is forested. Of the rest of the land, is settled (buildings or roads) and is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 28.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 45.8% is used for growing crops and 9.8% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Lavaux District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Savigny became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron. Savigny lies above sea-level, east from Lausanne the capital of its canton. The thinly distributed community stretches across the Swiss landscape and ends on the Jorat to the south east overlooking Lake Geneva. The district encompasses an area that includes a part of the Molasse peaks in the Jorat. It consists of the hamlets of Mollie-Margot, La Goille, Le Martinet and La Claie-aux-Moines along with scattered settlements. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Argent, overall three Pine-trees Vert issuant from a Coupeaux Sable. Savigny has a population () of . , 19.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.8%. It has changed at a rate of 6.8% due to migration and at a rate of 4% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (2,667 or 86.5%), with German being second most common (232 or 7.5%) and English being third (48 or 1.6%).