Savagnier is a former municipality, in the district of Val-de-Ruz, in the canton of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland.

The municipalities of Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard-Saint-Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fontainemelon, Fontaines, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Montmollin, Le Pâquier, Savagnier and Villiers merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val-de-Ruz.

[2] Savagnier had an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.6 square kilometers (3.3 sq mi).

It stretches from the slopes of the Chaumont mountain (1,270 m [4,170 ft]) to the banks of the Seyon river.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Lion rampant Or Langued and armed Gules holding in front paws an escutcheon of Neuchâtel (Or, on a pale Gules three chevrons Argent).

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (839 or 92.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (33 or 3.7%) and Portuguese is the third (10 or 1.1%).

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.79% of the vote.

[7] There were 473 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.1% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, of which 22 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 20.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 11.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 17.6% were in the information industry, 4 or 11.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 20.6% were in education and 1 was in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 175 or 19.4% were Roman Catholic, while 438 or 48.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[15] During the 2010–11 school year, there were 1.5 kindergarten classes with a total of 30 students in Savagnier.