Savigny

Geschichte

Savigny is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.HistorySavigny is first mentioned in 1224 as Savignie. It was part of Lutry until 1823 when it separated to become an independent municipality.GeographySavigny has an area, of 16.02km2. Of this area, 9.22km2 is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.87km2 is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.96km2 is settled (buildings or roads) and 1ha 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 793m above sea-level, 8km 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.