Orbe penitentiary complex

The Orbe penitentiary complex or Établissements de la plaine de l'Orbe form a Swiss penitentiary complex located in the municipality of Orbe in the Canton of Vaud.

Type: Prison
Description: prison complex in Switzerland
Also known as: “Bochuz”, “Etablissements de la plaine de l’Orbe”, and “prison complex Orbe”
Address: Chemin des Pâquerets 9, Orbe, 1350

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Gallo-Roman villa of Orbe-Boscéaz

Museum

Photo: Leemburg-CH, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Roman villa with site museum and mosaicsOrbe-Boscéaz, also named Boscéay, is an archaeological site in Switzerland, located at the territory of the town of Orbe. Gallo-Roman villa of Orbe-Boscéaz is situated 1½ km northwest of Orbe penitentiary complex.

Orbe Castle

Castle

Photo: Sa-se, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Orbe Castle is a castle in the municipality of Orbe of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Orbe Castle is situated 2 km southwest of Orbe penitentiary complex.

Reformed Church of Notre-Dame, Orbe

Church

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Orbe Temple, also known as the Reformed Church of Notre-Dame or the Great Church of Orbe, is a Protestant church in the municipality of Orbe, canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Reformed Church of Notre-Dame, Orbe is situated 2 km southwest of Orbe penitentiary complex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orbe and Essert-Pittet.

Orbe

Village

Photo: Christoph Wagener, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Orbe is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the former district of Orbe and is now part of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

Essert-Pittet

Village

Photo: Foto Fitti, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Essert-Pittet is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Essert-Pittet and Corcelles-sur-Chavornay merged into the municipality of Chavornay.

Valeyres-sous-Rances

Village

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Valeyres-sous-Rances is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Valeyres-sous-Rances is situated 3 km northwest of Orbe penitentiary complex.

Orbe penitentiary complex

Category: government building
Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.735° or 46° 44′ 6″ north

Longitude

6.55418° or 6° 33′ 15″ east

Operator

Canton de Vaud

Open location code

8FR8PHP3+2M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 821879589

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=prison

Wikidata ID

Q96621332

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Orbe penitentiary complex” goes by many names.

French: “Bochuz”
French: “Colonie fermée”
French: “Colonie ouverte”
French: “Colonie”
French: “EPO”
French: “établissements de la plaine de l’Orbe”
French: “Établissements de la plaine de l’Orbe”
French: “pénitencier de Bochuz”
German: “Bochuz”
German: “Gefängniskomplex Orbe”

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