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{{Infobox Swiss town
 | subject_name		= Servion
 | municipality_type	= municipality	
 | imagepath_coa = CHE Servion COA.svg
 | imagepath_flag = CHE Servion Flag.svg
 | canton		= Vaud
 | iso-code-region 	= CH-VD
 | district		= [[Lavaux-Oron District|Lavaux-Oron]]
 |coordinates       = {{coord|46|34|N|06|47|E|display=inline,title}}
 | postal_code		= 1077
 | municipality_code	= 5799
 | area			= 4.20
 | elevation		= 774
 | population		= 1062
 | populationof         = 2007
 | website		= servion.ch
 | mayor		= Gilbert Cuttelod
 | demonym		= Les Servionnais<br />Les Anes
 | neighboring_municipalities= [[Ferlens|Ferlens (VD)]], [[Auboranges]] (FR), [[Essertes]], [[Forel (Lavaux)]], [[Les Cullayes]], [[Mézières (Vaud)|Mézières (VD)]]
|}}

'''Servion''' ({{IPA|fr|sɛʁvjɔ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Eihel-Servion.wav}}) is a [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Lavaux-Oron District|Lavaux-Oron]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Vaud]] in [[Switzerland]].  The municipality of [[Les Cullayes]] merged on 1 January 2012 into Servion.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 December 2011</ref>

==History==
Servion is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Salvion'' and as ''Salviun''.<ref name=HDS/>

==Geography==
Servion has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|4.2|km2|mi2|sp=us}}.  Of this area, {{convert|2.54|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 60.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.99|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 23.5% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.67|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 15.9% is settled (buildings or roads).<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref> After the merger the total area was {{Swiss area|5799|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|5799|QUELLE}}

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%.  Out of the forested land, 21.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 18.5% is pastures.<ref name=BFS_land/>

The municipality was part of the [[Oron District]] until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Servion became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113231755/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html |date=13 November 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>

The municipality is located on the eastern bank of the [[Broye (river)|Broye]], in the eastern [[Jorat (Switzerland)|Jorat region]].

Servion lies at an elevation of {{convert|752|m|ft|abbr=on}}, {{convert|3.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the district seat at [[Oron-la-Ville]] and {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Lausanne]] (as the crow flies). The scattered settlement stretches along the Carrouge brook on the eastern edge of the [[Jorat (Switzerland)|Jorat]].

The area of the municipality includes a section of the sandstone hills between the Jorat and the Broye uplands. In the northeast are the Servion hills (rising to {{convert|782|m|ft|abbr=on}}), and the eastern perimeter runs along the Parimbot, a tributary stream to the Broye. In the southeast, the municipality touches the Villars woods, where the highest point in the area is found at {{convert|855|m|ft|abbr=on}}. In the south, Servion borders on the hill of Pra Donnabbé ({{convert|722|m|ft|abbr=on}}).

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

==Coat of arms==
The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Vert, a Border Or, overall a Bend Gules.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vd306.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 9 August 2011</ref>

==Demographics==
Servion has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5799}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}}  {{as of|2008}}, 14.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981–2008] {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 8.2%.  It has changed at a rate of 0.3% due to migration and at a rate of 8% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 9 August 2011</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (878 or 89.7%), with [[German language|German]] being second most common (39 or 4.0%) and [[Italian language|Italian]] being third (20 or 2.0%).<ref name=STAT2000/>

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Servion is; 130 children or 12.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 164 teenagers or 15.3% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 107 people or 10.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  147 people or 13.7% are between 30 and 39, 212 people or 19.8% are between 40 and 49, and 144 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 112 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 39 people or 3.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 16 people or 1.5% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.2% who are 90 and older.<ref name=Vaud_Pop_Stats>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2016 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 29 April 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 427 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 484 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 46 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=9 August 2013 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 354 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 76 households that consist of only one person and 35 households with five or more people.  Out of a total of 361 households that answered this question, 21.1% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents.  Of the rest of the households, there are 102 married couples without children, 148 married couples with children.  There were 21 single parents with a child or children.  There were 5 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 166 single family homes (or 68.0% of the total) out of a total of 244 inhabited buildings.  There were 38 multi-family buildings (15.6%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (11.9%) and 11 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.5%).<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=7 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 331 apartments (86.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 41 apartments (10.8%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (2.4%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.47%.<ref name=SFSO/>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2568|Servion}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=30 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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==Tourism==
[[File:Tigre.jpg|thumb|Tiger at the Servion zoo]]
Servion is known for its zoo, with a tropical aquarium, and the village theater ''Théâtre de Barnabé''.

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

==Politics==
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 26.63% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (22.09%), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (14.87%) and the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (13.42%).  In the federal election, a total of 280 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 41.7%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>

==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.

{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Servion had an unemployment rate of 2.6%.  {{as of|2008}}, there were 9 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 4 businesses involved in this sector.  45 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 12 businesses in this sector.  181 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 46 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 530 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.5% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 198.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 7, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 42 of which 17 or (40.5%) were in manufacturing and 25 (59.5%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 149.  In the tertiary sector; 64 or 43.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 2.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 12.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 5.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 15 or 10.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 4.0% were in education and 1 was in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=25 December 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 151 workers who commuted into the municipality and 426 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=4 August 2012 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 10.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.8% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 314 or 32.1% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 450 or 46.0% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]].  Of the rest of the population, there were 4 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 0.41% of the population), and there were 20 individuals (or about 2.04% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church.  There was 1 individual who was [[Judaism|Jewish]], and 11 (or about 1.12% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic.  There were 2 individuals who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and 1 individual who belonged to another church.  155 (or about 15.83% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 28 individuals (or about 2.86% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>

==Education==
In Servion about 380 or (38.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 165 or (16.9%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').  Of the 165 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.3% were Swiss men, 32.1% were Swiss women, 12.7% were non-Swiss men and 4.8% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 151 students in the Servion school district.  In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.<ref>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomId=1990 Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref> During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care.  The canton's [[primary school]] program requires students to attend for four years.  There were 69 students in the municipal primary school program.  The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 82 students in those schools.<ref name=Vaud_Education>[http://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DomID=2403 Canton of Vaud Statistical Office – Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition] {{in lang|fr}} accessed 2 May 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 14 students in Servion who came from another municipality, while 137 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Servion}}

* {{Official website|http://www.servion.ch}}

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