Savognin (in local Romansh dialect Suagnign;[1] Italian: Savognino; German: Schweiningen, official name until 1890) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland.

[2] The village is the major center of the Gelgia valley, and is a foreign tourist destination in both summer and winter.

After its sale in 1552, the valley attained full sovereignty as part of the Free State of the Three Leagues.

The cattle industry and traffic through the passes formed the economic framework of the community since the Middle Ages.

At this stage Savognin was thrown back to being a peasants' village, and missed the next connection to the development of tourism.

Jenische families were granted citizenship in the middle of the 19th century, as part of the Law for the fight against Homelessness.

Of the rest of the land, 3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (28.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipal area includes a piece of the main valley between Mount Piz Arblatsch (elev.

The strong construction between 1965 and 1975 filled in the spaces between these village parts, and extended the developed area on the right side of the valley.

[3] The historical population is given in the following table:[1][5] Blazon: Red, sectioned by a silver-bordered blue river-strip, in the upper portion, two silver bells, in the lower, one.

The ski areas on Mounts Piz Martegnas and Val Nandro are accessible by multiple aerial lifts.

[3] The Son Martegn church and the Padnal/Mot la Cresta (a Bronze Age settlement) are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

The wettest month is August during which time Savognin receives an average of 117 mm (4.6 in) of precipitation.