Servion

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Coordinates: 46°34′N 06°47′E

Servion
Canton	Vaud
District	Oron
Coordinates	46°34′N 06°47′E
Population	1 048   (2004)
Area	4.20 km²
Elevation	774 m
Postal code	1077
SFOS number	5799
Mayor	Olivier Bonvin
Website	www.servion.ch
Surrounded by	Ferlens (VD), Auboranges (FR), Essertes, Forel (Lavaux), Les Cullayes, Mézières (VD)
Demonym	Les Servionnais Les Anes
Servion

Servion is a municipality in the district of Oron of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population and language 3 Economy 4 Tourism

[edit] Geography

Servion lies at an elevation of 752 m, 3.5 km west of the district seat at Oron-la-Ville and 13 km northeast of Lausanne (as the crow flies). The scattered settlement stretches along the Carrouge brook on the eastern edge of the Jorat.

The area of the municipality is 4.2 km² and includes a section of the sandstone hills between the Jorat and the Broye uplands. In the northeast are the Servion hills (rising to 782 m), and the eastern perimeter runs along the Parimbot, a tributarty stream to the Broye. In the southeast, the municipality touches the Villars woods, where the highest point in the area is found at 855 m. In the south, Servion borders on the hill of Pra Donnabbé (722 m). In 1997, municipality lands were divided into 15% residential, 24% wooded, and 61% farmland.

Servion is surrounded by Essertes, Forel (Lavaux), Les Cullayes, Mézières, and Ferlens in the canton of Vaud and Auboranges in the canton of Fribourg.

[edit] Population and language

With 1062 inhabitants (as of 2005), Servion is an average size for the canton of Vaud. In 1900, the population was 333. Until 1960, there was a steady decrease in population, but it then began a strking increase and rose to five times its former population in 40 Jahren.

The inhabitants are 89.7% French-speaking, 4.0% German-speaking, and 2.0% Italian-speaking (as of 2000).

[edit] Economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Servion was primarily a farm village. Today, agriculture is only a minor occupation. Much additional employment has developed in sales and the service sector. In the commercial center that has developed on the Carrouge are found construction and transport firms, as well as electronics and precision instrument companies. Many new homes have been built, whose owners commute to Lausanne.

[edit] Tourism

Servion is known for its zoo, with a tropical aquarium, and the village theater Théätre de Barnabé.

The village church dates from 1453, with a bell tower added in the 19th century.