Oron-la-Ville is a small town and former
municipality
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in the district of
Lavaux-Oron 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 b ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The municipalities of
Bussigny-sur-Oron
Bussigny-sur-Oron is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les ...
,
Châtillens
Châtillens is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Taver ...
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Chesalles-sur-Oron
Chesalles-sur-Oron is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Le ...
,
Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville,
Oron-le-Châtel
Oron-le-Châtel is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les ...
,
Palézieux
Palézieux () is a village and former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Since 2012 it forms part of the municipality of Oron.
History
Palézieux is first mentioned in 1134 as ''de Palaisol''.
...
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Les Tavernes
Les Tavernes is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tave ...
,
Les Thioleyres
Les Thioleyres is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les ...
and
Vuibroye
Vuibroye is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Taver ...
merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of
Oron
Oron may refer to:
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*Oron people a multi ethnic group of people living In the lower Cross River basin.
*Oron Nation, one of the major states in the old Ca ...
.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011
History
Oron-la-Ville is first mentioned about 280 as ''Uromago''. In 1018 it was mentioned as ''Auronum''.
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Geography
Oron-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 50.6% is used for growing crops and 13.2% is pastures, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[
The municipality was part of the ]Oron District
Oron District was one of the districts of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Mergers and name changes
* On 1 January 2003 the former municipality of La Rogivue merged into the municipality of Maracon.
* On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Bu ...
until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Oron-la-Ville became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
The municipality is located along the right bank of the Broye
The Broye (; frp, Brouye''Dictionnaire-Dikchenéro: Français-Patois/Patê-Franché''. Société cantonale des patoisans fribourgeois. Fribourg: 2013. p. 87 ) is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has ...
in the eastern part of the Jorat region.
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Gules, a Crescent increscent Or.''
Demographics
Oron-la-Ville has a population () of 1,438. , 19.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 19.3%. It has changed at a rate of 26.3% due to migration and at a rate of -5.9% due to births and deaths.
accessed 08-August-2011
Most of the population () speaks French (1,105 or 90.3%), with German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
being second most common (39 or 3.2%) and Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
being third (29 or 2.4%). There are 16 people who speak Italian
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.[
The age distribution, , in Oron-la-Ville is; 168 children or 12.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 180 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 152 people or 10.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 182 people or 13.0% are between 30 and 39, 214 people or 15.3% are between 40 and 49, and 157 people or 11.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 157 people or 11.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 91 people or 6.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 73 people or 5.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 22 people or 1.6% who are 90 and older.][Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 490 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 546 married individuals, 119 widows or widowers and 69 individuals who are divorced.[STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room.[ In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 37.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a ]mortgage
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or a rent-to-own
Rent-to-own, also known as rental purchase or rent-to-buy, is a type of legally documented transaction under which tangible property, such as furniture, consumer electronics, motor vehicles, home appliances, real property, and engagement rin ...
agreement).
, there were 494 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.[ There were 167 households that consist of only one person and 28 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 507 households that answered this question, 32.9% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 135 married couples without children, 152 married couples with children There were 32 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 13 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.][
there were 92 single family homes (or 40.0% of the total) out of a total of 230 inhabited buildings. There were 65 multi-family buildings (28.3%), along with 54 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (23.5%) and 19 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.3%).][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
, a total of 471 apartments (88.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 37 apartments (6.9%) were seasonally occupied and 26 apartments (4.9%) were empty.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.9 new units per 1000 residents.][ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.49%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
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Heritage sites of national significance
The Temple of Oron-la-Ville is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Oron-la-Ville is twinned with:
* Bussac-sur-Charente
Bussac-sur-Charente (, literally ''Bussac on Charente'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
International relations
Bussac-sur-Charente is twinned with Oron-la-Ville, Sw ...
, France
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.15% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.01%), the Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(16.46%) and the FDP (12.61%). In the federal election, a total of 338 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 94.4%.
Economy
, Oron-la-Ville had an unemployment rate of 5%. , there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 178 people were employed in the secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
and there were 15 businesses in this sector. 595 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 83 businesses in this sector.[ There were 568 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.8% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 633. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, of which 10 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 168 of which 128 or (76.2%) were in manufacturing and 41 (24.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 453. In the tertiary sector; 173 or 38.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 23 or 5.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 3.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 12 or 2.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 18 or 4.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 41 or 9.1% were in education and 116 or 25.6% were in health care.
, there were 515 workers who commuted into the municipality and 330 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.6 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 11.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.4% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 384 or 31.4% were Roman Catholic
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, while 553 or 45.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 8 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.65% of the population), and there were 152 individuals (or about 12.42% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 26 (or about 2.12% of the population) who were Islam
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ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
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, 2 individuals who were Hindu
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and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 113 (or about 9.23% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 58 individuals (or about 4.74% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Oron-la-Ville about 452 or (36.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 123 or (10.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 123 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.8% were Swiss men, 22.8% were Swiss women, 8.1% were non-Swiss men and 7.3% were non-Swiss women.[
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 182 students in the Oron-la-Ville school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010]
accessed 2 May 2011 During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school
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program requires students to attend for four years. There were 92 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 90 students in those schools.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 203 students in Oron-la-Ville who came from another municipality, while 84 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
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References
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