Servion

Servion (French pronunciation: [sɛʁvjɔ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[4] Servion has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.2 square kilometers (1.6 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi) or 15.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

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)).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert, a Border Or, overall a Bend Gules.

[12] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], 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.

[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][15] Servion is known for its zoo, with a tropical aquarium, and the village theater Théâtre de Barnabé.

In the commercial center that has developed on the Carrouge are found construction and transport firms, as well as electronics and precision instrument companies.

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.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 314 or 32.1% were Roman Catholic, while 450 or 46.0% 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.

Tiger at the Servion zoo