The Oron family is an old Swiss noble family.

History

The family built the

Oron Castle Oron Castle is a castle in the municipality of Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. History The castle was built in the 13th Century. It was totally rebuilt in second half of the 1 ...

in the 12th or 13th century. Rodolphe 1st of Oron was Lord of Oron, Bossonnens and

Attalens Attalens (; frp, Atalens, locally or ''Talin'') is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Attalens is first mentioned in 867 as ''Haltningum''. Geography Attalens has an area of . Of t ...

. Pierre of Oron was Bishop of Sion between 1275 and 1287. Another Pierre of Oron was Bishop of Lausanne between 1313 and 1323.

References

Swiss noble families {{Switzerland-stub