Savigny (French pronunciation: [saviɲi] ⓘ) is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.

[3] Savigny has an area, as of 2009[update], of 16.02 square kilometres (6.19 sq mi).

[5] Savigny lies 793 m (2,602 ft) above sea-level, 8 km (5 mi) 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.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Argent, overall three Pine-trees Vert issuant from a Coupeaux Sable.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (2,667 or 86.5%), with German being second most common (232 or 7.5%) and English being third (48 or 1.6%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Savigny is; 360 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 410 teenagers or 12.2% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 19.39% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,029 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.0%.

[9] There were 1,629 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.0% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 71, of which 61 were in agriculture and 10 were in forestry or lumber production.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 212 of which 7 or (3.3%) were in manufacturing, 17 or (8.0%) were in mining and 185 (87.3%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 70 or 12.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 83 or 15.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 26 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.4% were in the information industry, 6 or 1.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 30 or 5.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 50 or 9.0% were in education and 181 or 32.7% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 836 or 27.1% were Roman Catholic, while 1,462 or 47.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.