Oron-le-Châtel is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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 ...
,
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-la-Ville is a small town and 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, Palé ...
, Oron-le-Châtel,
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''.
...
,
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.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011
History
Oron-le-Châtel is first mentioned in 1137 as ''Oruns''.
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Geography
Oron-le-Châtel had an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.8% is unproductive land.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.5% 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, 35.7% is used for growing crops and 17.5% is pastures.[
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-le-Châtel became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
The former municipality is located on 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 ...
.
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Sable, an Eagle Or.''
Demographics
Oron-le-Châtel has a population () of 293. , 13.3% 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 42.5%. It has changed at a rate of 30.7% due to migration and at a rate of 13.2% due to births and deaths.
accessed 08-August-2011
Most of the population () speaks French (222 or 95.3%), 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
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
being second most common (5 or 2.1%) and Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
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being third (2 or 0.9%). and 1 person who speaks Romansh.[
The age distribution, , in Oron-le-Châtel is; 38 children or 12.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 57 teenagers or 18.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 32 people or 10.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 34 people or 11.3% are between 30 and 39, 64 people or 21.2% are between 40 and 49, and 37 people or 12.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 24 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 4.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 1.3% who are between 80 and 89.][Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 94 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 122 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 9 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 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 62.4% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a ]mortgage
A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any pu ...
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 86 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.[ There were 21 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 89 households that answered this question, 23.6% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 25 married couples without children, 36 married couples with children There were 3 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 3 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.][
there were 46 single family homes (or 62.2% of the total) out of a total of 74 inhabited buildings. There were 9 multi-family buildings (12.2%), along with 9 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.2%) and 10 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (13.5%).][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
, a total of 85 apartments (87.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (8.2%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (4.1%) were empty.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.][ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.][
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Heritage sites of national significance
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 ...
and its library is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire old town of Oron-le-Châtel is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.
Sites of national importance
Types
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 24.76% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (21.58%), 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 ...
(15.4%) and the FDP (11.9%). In the federal election, a total of 90 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 49.7%.
Economy
, Oron-le-Châtel had an unemployment rate of 2.1%. , there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 6 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 3 businesses in this sector. 20 people were employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 7 businesses in this sector.[ There were 114 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.6% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employee, employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to me ...
jobs was 30. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 8, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 6 of which 4 or (66.7%) were in manufacturing and 2 (33.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 16. In the tertiary sector; 6 or 37.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 37.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 12.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, .
, there were 20 workers who commuted into the municipality and 86 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 16.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.6% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 56 or 24.0% were Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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, while 100 or 42.9% 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 2 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.86% of the population), and there were 66 individuals (or about 28.33% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islam
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ic. 37 (or about 15.88% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 2 individuals (or about 0.86% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Oron-le-Châtel about 99 or (42.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 32 or (13.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 32 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 15.6% were Swiss women and 18.8% were non-Swiss women.[
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 49 students in the Oron-le-Châtel 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
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
program requires students to attend for four years. There were 23 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 26 students in those schools.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 43 students from Oron-le-Châtel who attended schools outside the municipality.[
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References
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Former municipalities of the canton of Vaud