Orbe
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| Orbe | |
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| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Orbe |
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| Population | 5063 (2003) |
| Area | 12.04 km² |
| Elevation | 479 m |
| Postal code | 1350 |
| SFOS number | 5757 |
| Website | www.orbe.ch |
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Orbe is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. The town lies on the Orbe River and has around 5,100 inhabitants. It is the seat of the district of Orbe counting 19,000 inhabitants.
The town has a coffee factory owned by Nestle producing and shipping worldwide the famous Nespresso, a marionette museum, late-Gothic church and fantastic Roman mosaics and ruins.
The Roman Mosaics are composed of several hundreds of pieces on the floor of the original site which was once part of an extremely large Roman villa, a real palace belonging to a rich but unknown landowner. The villa was built in approximately 160 A.D. and abandoned around the year 270 A.D.
[edit] External links
- http://www.orbe.ch Official website
- http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/ Switzerland Tourism information
Agiez | Arnex-sur-Orbe | Ballaigues | Baulmes | Bavois | Bofflens | Bretonnières | Chavornay | Corcelles-sur-Chavornay | Croy | Juriens | L'Abergement | La Praz | Les Clées | Lignerolle | Montcherand | Orbe | Premier | Rances | Romainmôtier-Envy | Sergey | Valeyres-sous-Rances | Vallorbe | Vaulion | Vuiteboeuf
Canton of Vaud | Districts of the canton of Vaud | Municipalities of the canton of Vaud
