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
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″ northLongitude
6.55418° or 6° 33′ 15″ eastOperator
Canton de VaudOpen location code
8FR8PHP3+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 821879589OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata 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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