Servion
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| Coordinates: 46°34′N 06°47′E / 46.567°N 6.783°ECoordinates: 46°34′N 06°47′E / 46.567°N 6.783°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Vaud | |
| District | Lavaux-Oron | |
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| • Mayor | Gilbert Cuttelod | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.33 km2 (2.44 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 774 m (2,539 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 1,906 | |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Les Servionnais Les Anes |
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| Postal code | 1077 | |
| SFOS number | 5799 | |
| Surrounded by | Ferlens (VD), Auboranges (FR), Essertes, Forel (Lavaux), Les Cullayes, Mézières (VD) | |
| Website |
www Profile (French), SFSO statistics |
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Servion is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Les Cullayes merged on 1 January 2012 into Servion.
Servion is first mentioned in 1147 as Salvion and as Salviun.
Servion has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.2 square kilometers (1.6 sq mi). Of this area, 2.54 km2 (0.98 sq mi) or 60.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) or 23.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi) or 15.9% is settled (buildings or roads). After the merger the total area was 6.33 km2 (2.44 sq mi).
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.
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.
The municipality is located on the eastern bank of the Broye, in the eastern Jorat region.
Servion lies at an elevation of 752 m (2,467 ft), 3.5 km (2.2 mi) west of the district seat at Oron-la-Ville and 13 km (8.1 mi) 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 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 (2,566 ft)), 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 855 m (2,805 ft). In the south, Servion borders on the hill of Pra Donnabbé (722 m (2,369 ft)).
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