Savigny-sur-Orge

Savigny-sur-Orge
Commune
The town hall in Savigny-sur-Orge
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Savigny-sur-Orge
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Coordinates: 48°40′47″N 2°20′45″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Savigny-sur-Orge
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Alexis Teillet
Area 1	6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	37,775
• Density	5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91589 /91600
Elevation	33–99 m (108–325 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Savigny-sur-Orge (French pronunciation: [saviɲi syʁ ɔʁʒ] ^ⓘ, literally Savigny upon Orge) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 19.1 km (11.9 mi) from the center of Paris in the département of Essonne.

During the 2005 civil unrest in France, Savigny was the first city to implement a curfew. It is home to the Jean-Baptiste Corot High School, a twelfth-century château converted into a school and the former property of Marshal Davout.

Inhabitants of Savigny-sur-Orge are known as Saviniens. Writer Patrick Erouart-Siad (born 1955 in Savigny) won the 1993 Prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie française.

Louis-Nicolas Davout, a military commander under Napoleon, died in Savigny-sur-Orge while serving as mayor, and one of the squares bears his name.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,005 —     1800 823 −2.81% 1806 911 +1.71% 1821 895 −0.12% 1831 925 +0.33% 1836 882 −0.95% 1841 955 +1.60% 1846 932 −0.49% 1851 923 −0.19% 1856 1,016 +1.94% 1861 1,260 +4.40% 1866 1,246 −0.22% 1872 1,255 +0.12% 1876 1,348 +1.80% 1881 1,386 +0.56% 1886 1,472 +1.21% 1891 1,684 +2.73% 1896 1,667 −0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,647 −0.24% 1906 1,711 +0.77% 1911 1,848 +1.55% 1921 1,995 +0.77% 1926 5,593 +22.90% 1931 11,582 +15.67% 1936 13,039 +2.40% 1946 14,554 +1.11% 1954 17,608 +2.41% 1962 24,219 +4.07% 1968 31,956 +4.73% 1975 34,478 +1.09% 1982 32,502 −0.84% 1990 33,295 +0.30% 1999 36,258 +0.95% 2007 37,469 +0.41% 2012 37,135 −0.18% 2017 36,533 −0.33%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Sport

The city hosts a baseball team called The Lions of Savigny-sur-Orge which plays at a national level.

Transport

Savigny-sur-Orge is served by Savigny-sur-Orge station on Paris RER line C.

In May 1909 a venue for aviation races and exhibitions, Port-Aviation, opened to the public in neighboring Viry-Châtillon as the world's first purpose-built aerodrome. Distinguished visitors arrived at Savigny-sur-Orge station, about 900 metres (980 yd) from Port-Aviation in Savigny-sur-Orge. This led the press and post card publishers occasionally to refer to Port-Aviation by the misnomer "Sauvigny Airfield." However, the general public attending events at Port-Aviation arrived from Paris by rail at Juvisy station in Juvisy-sur-Orge, just under a kilometre (0.6 mile) from the airfield, and the Juvisy railway station had a sign directing visitors to "Juvisy Airfield." As a result, the press and post card publishers more frequently — and just as inaccurately — referred to Port-Aviation as "Juvisy Airfield" or simply "Juvisy," which became the dominant misnomer for Port-Aviation.

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)