Savigny-sur-Orge

Savigny-sur-Orge (French pronunciation: [saviɲi syʁ ɔʁʒ] (listen), literally Savigny on 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
Savigny-sur-Orge
Savigny-sur-Orge
Coordinates: 48°40′47″N 2°20′45″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementPalaiseau
CantonSavigny-sur-Orge
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2021–2026) Alexis Teillet[1]
Area
1
6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
36,577
 • Density5,200/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91589 /91600
Elevation33–99 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, and one of the squares bears his name.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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.

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 1 February 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Savigny-sur-Orge, EHESS. (in French)
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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