Western Switzerland
Vaud
Jura-Nord vaudois District

Orbe

Orbe is a municipality in the canton of . It was the seat of the former district of Orbe and is now part of the district of .
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  • Type: Village with 6,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH5757” and “Orbe VD”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gallo-Roman villa of Orbe-Boscéaz and Orbe Castle.

Photo: Leemburg-CH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roman villa with site museum and mosaicsOrbe-Boscéaz, also named Boscéay, is an archaeological site in , located at the territory of the town of Orbe.

Castle
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is a castle in the municipality of Orbe of the Canton of Vaud in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of Orbe, in the canton of Vaud. It is the western terminus of the 1,000 mm gauge Orbe–Chavornay line of Travys.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chavornay and Arnex-sur-Orbe.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of in . In 2017 the former municipalities of and merged into the municipality of . is situated 3½ km southeast of Orbe.

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of , located in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. is situated 3½ km south of Orbe.

Village
is a municipality of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of in .

Orbe

Latitude
46.7241° or 46° 43′ 27″ north
Longitude
6.5318° or 6° 31′ 55″ east
Population
6,600
Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)
Open location code
8FR8PGFJ+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 35358357
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7286746
Wiki­data ID
Q68213
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Orbe” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Orbe”
  • Armenian: “Օրբ”
  • Arpitan: “Orba”
  • Basque: “Orbe”
  • Breton: “Orbe”
  • Catalan: “Orbe”
  • Cebuano: “Orbe”
  • Chinese: “奥尔布”
  • Czech: “Orbe”
  • Danish: “Orbe”
  • Dutch: “Orbe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوربى”
  • Esperanto: “Orbe VD”
  • French: “Orbe VD”
  • French: “Orbe”
  • German: “Orbe VD”
  • German: “Orbe”
  • Greek: “Ορμπ”
  • Hebrew: “אורבה”
  • Hungarian: “Orbe”
  • Indonesian: “Orbe”
  • Irish: “Orbe”
  • Italian: “Orbe VD”
  • Italian: “Orbe”
  • Japanese: “オルブ (スイス)”
  • Kurdish: “Orbe, Swîsre”
  • Latvian: “Orbe”
  • Lombard: “Orbe”
  • Malay: “Orbe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Orbe”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orbe”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Orbe”
  • Persian: “اورب، سوئیس”
  • Piemontese: “Orbe”
  • Polish: “Orbe”
  • Portuguese: “Orbe”
  • Romansh: “Orbe”
  • Russian: “Орб”
  • Spanish: “Orbe”
  • Swedish: “Orbe, Vaud”
  • Swedish: “Orbe”
  • Swiss German: “Orbe VD”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Orbe VD”
  • Turkish: “Orbe”
  • Ukrainian: “Орб”
  • Ukrainian: “Орбе”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Orbe”
  • Venetian: “Orbe”
  • Vietnamese: “Orbe”
  • Volapük: “Orbe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Orbe”
  • Welsh: “Orbe”
  • “Orbe”
  • “Orbe VD”

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