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Servion (sɛʁvjɔ̃) is a municipality in the district of Lavaux Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Les Cullayes merged on 1 January 2012 into Servion.

Servion is first mentioned in 1147 as Salvion and as Salviun. After the merger the total area was
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 21.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 18.5% is pastures. The municipality is located on the eastern bank of the Broye, in the eastern Jorat region. Servion lies at an elevation of , west of the district seat at Oron la Ville and northeast of Lausanne (as the crow flies). 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 ), 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 In the south, Servion borders on the hill of Pra Donnabbé
Servion is surrounded by Essertes, Forel (Lavaux), Les Cullayes, Mézières, and Ferlens in the canton of Vaud and Auboranges in the canton of Fribourg.

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

Servion has a population of as of 2008, 14.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 8.2%. It has changed at a rate of 0.3% due to migration and at a rate of 8% due to births and deaths. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (878 or 89.7%), with German being second most common (39 or 4.0%) and Italian being third (20 or 2.0%). as of 2000, there were 427 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 484 married individuals, 22 widows or widowers and 46 individuals who are divorced. as of 2000, there were 354 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. In 2000, a total of 331 apartments (86.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 41 apartments (10.8%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (2.4%) were empty.

Servion is known for its zoo, with a tropical aquarium, and the village theater Théâtre de Barnabé. The village church dates from 1453, with a bell tower added in the 19th century.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.63% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.09%), the Green Party (14.87%) and the FDP (13.42%). In the federal election, a total of 280 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.7%.

Until the second half of the 20th century, Servion was primarily a farm village. Today, agriculture is only a minor occupation. Much additional employment has developed in sales and the service sector. In the commercial center that has developed on the Carrouge are found construction and transport firms, as well as electronics and precision instrument companies. Many new homes have been built, whose owners commute to Lausanne. as of 2010, Servion had an unemployment rate of 2.6%. as of 2008, there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 45 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 12 businesses in this sector. 181 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 46 businesses in this sector. In 2000, there were 151 workers who commuted into the municipality and 426 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 10.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.8% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre school care for a total of 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 69 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 82 students in those schools. as of 2000, there were 14 students in Servion who came from another municipality, while 137 residents attended schools outside the municipality.