Orbe district

The District d'Orbe (dt. District Orbe ) was until December 31, 2007 an administrative unit of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The main town was Orbe . The district was divided into the four Cercles (dt. Circles) Romainmôtier-Envy , Vallorbe , Orbe and Baulmes .

The municipalities in the District d'Orbe in 2007

The district consisted of 25 parishes, was 209.88 km² and had 20,281 inhabitants (end of 2006).

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2006)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²	Circle (cercle)
Baulmes	959	22.50	43	Baulmes
L'Abergement	247	5.79	43	Baulmes
Ligner roll	390	10.64	37	Baulmes
Rances	439	9.83	45	Baulmes
Sergey	121	1.46	83	Baulmes
Valeyres-sous-Rances	468	6.34	74	Baulmes
Vuiteboeuf	470	5.06	93	Baulmes
Bavois	695	9.35	74	Orbe
Chavornay	3185	11.07	288	Orbe
Corcelles-sur-Chavornay	314	5.49	57	Orbe
Montcherand	412	3.07	134	Orbe
Orbe	5388	12.05	447	Orbe
Agiez	235	5.46	43	Romainmôtier-Envy
Arnex-sur-Orbe	552	7.62	72	Romainmôtier-Envy
Bofflens	171	4.21	41	Romainmôtier-Envy
Bretonnières	202	5.45	37	Romainmôtier-Envy
Croy	303	4.48	68	Romainmôtier-Envy
Juriens	269	9.35	29	Romainmôtier-Envy
La Praz	153	5.12	30th	Romainmôtier-Envy
Les Clées	160	7.04	23	Romainmôtier-Envy
premier	198	6.12	32	Romainmôtier-Envy
Romainmôtier-Envy	454	6.98	65	Romainmôtier-Envy
Ballaigues	892	9.06	98	Vallorbe
Vallorbe	3138	23.19	135	Vallorbe
Vaulion	466	13.15	35	Vallorbe
Total (25)	20,281	209.88	97	(4)

Changes in the community

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  Parishes until 1969

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  Municipalities until 2007

• January 1, 1970: Merger of Envy and Romainmôtier → Romainmôtier-Envy

• January 1st, 2008: Change of district of all municipalities in the Orbe district → Jura-Nord vaudois district

Web links

• Patrick-R. Monbaron: Orbe (dominion, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to four main areas (15.12.2017) of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)