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Envy is a village and former municipality in the district of
Orbe Orbe (; la, Urba; older german: Orbach, ; frp, Orba) 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. History Orbe is first mentioned about 2 ...
in the
canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...
, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1216 as ''Envi''. The municipality had 58 inhabitants in 1764, which increased to 61 in 1798 and 90 in 1850. It then decreased to 88 in 1900 and 45 in 1960. In 1970 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Romainmôtier to form a new and larger municipality
Romainmôtier-Envy Romainmôtier-Envy () is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois. The village, which lies on the Nozon river, has about 450 inhabitants. The town has a notable Romanesque church. The mo ...
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* Villages in the canton of Vaud Former municipalities of the canton of Vaud {{Vaud-geo-stub