Savigny-sur-Orge

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.

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[1]
Area 1	6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	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.

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[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department