Orges, Switzerland
Orges is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Orges is on 560 m above sea level. Level, 5 km north-west of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The scattered village stretches along the gently sloping southern slope of Miriau, at the foot of the Jura, a scenic location about 130 m above the lake level of Lake Neuchâtel.
The area of 4.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the northern Vaud Mittelland. The communal land extending from the Bois de Lily northward over the slope of Orges to the level of Le Miriau, on 616 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. West of this height, there is a vast plateau at the foot of the Jura, which is bounded on the north by the valley of the Arnon, in the south of that of the brine. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 15 % of forest and woody plants and 78% to agriculture.
To Orges include Hofsiedlungen Montavaux ( 583 m above sea level. M. ) and Longeville (600 m above sea level. M. ) on the slope of Miriau as well as some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Orges in the West Vuiteboeuf, in the north - Vugelles La Mothe, in the east Giez, in the south anValeyres -sous -Montagny and Süssüdosten to Pittet.
Population
With 254 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Orges is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 92.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 3.5 % and 3.5 % portugiesischsprachig in German (as of 2000). The population of Orges amounted in 1900 to 189 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 154 people, a population increase was registered again since then.
Economy
Orges was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, Orges has also developed into a residential community. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via normal, although it is located away from larger thoroughfares. The main access is from Yverdon. The highway connecting Yverdon- Ouest on the A5 which opened in 1984 is approximately 3 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Novalles, Orges is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1261 under the name Orses. The name goes back to the one used in the patois dialect word ors from the Latin ursus (bear). Orges belonged in the Middle Ages to rule La Mothe. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Orges belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the district of Yverdon. Until 1849 was Orges part of a larger municipality, which also included La Mothe, Vugelles and Longeville.
Attractions
In Orges some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th century are still preserved. North of the village is the manor Longeville in a park.