Oron
Oron is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2012 when the former municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 5,660 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH5805”, “Oron VD”, “Oron, Switzerland”, and “Oron, Vaud”
- Postal code: 1608
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oron Castle and Châtillens railway station.
Oron Castle
Castle
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Oron Castle is a castle in the municipality of Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Châtillens railway station
Railway station
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Châtillens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Oron, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Oron railway station
Railway station
Oron railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Oron, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Écublens and Saint-Martin.
Écublens
Village
Écublens is a former municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2025, the former municipalities of Auboranges, Chapelle and Écublens merged into the municipality of Rue. Écublens is situated 4½ km northwest of Oron.
Saint-Martin
Village
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Saint-Martin is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland.
Chapelle
Village
Chapelle is a former municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Since 2005, Chapelle in the same canton is part of the municipality of Cheiry.
Oron
- Category: Municipality of Switzerland
- Location: Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Oron” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Oron”
- Breton: “Oron”
- Catalan: “Oron”
- Cebuano: “Oron”
- Chinese: “奥龙”
- Czech: “Oron”
- Danish: “Oron”
- Dutch: “Oron”
- Esperanto: “Oron VD”
- Esperanto: “Oron”
- French: “Oron VD”
- French: “Oron”
- German: “Oron VD”
- German: “Oron”
- Hungarian: “Oron”
- Irish: “Oron”
- Italian: “Oron VD”
- Italian: “Oron”
- Macedonian: “Орон”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oron”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oron i Vaud”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oron”
- Polish: “Oron (Szwajcaria)”
- Polish: “Oron”
- Portuguese: “Oron”
- Russian: “Орон”
- Spanish: “Oron”
- Swedish: “Oron, Vaud”
- Swedish: “Oron”
- Swiss German: “Oron VD”
- Tosk Albanian: “Oron VD”
- Turkish: “Oron”
- Ukrainian: “Орон”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oron”
- Venetian: “Oron (Svisara)”
- Venetian: “Oron”
- “Oron”
- “Oron VD”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palézieux-Village and Palézieux railway station.
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