Orbe

Summary

Orbe is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Orbe ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Orbe is located in Jura-Nord vaudois District^[3].
• Orbe is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Orbe is on the body of water Orbe^[5].
• Orbe is on the body of water Talent^[6].
• Orbe is on the body of water Thielle^[7].
• Orbe's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Orbe's official language is recorded as French^[9].
• Orbe's postal code is recorded as 1350^[10].
• Orbe's Commons category is recorded as Orbe VD^[11].
• Orbe's licence plate code is recorded as VD^[12].
• Orbe's local dialing code is recorded as 024^[13].
• Orbe's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.724452777778, 'lon': 6.5322277777778}^[14].
• Orbe's official website is recorded as https://www.orbe.ch^[15].
• Orbe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orbe VD^[16].
• Orbe has a population of {'amount': '+6903'}^[17].
• Orbe has a population of {'amount': '+6987'}^[18].
• Orbe has a population of {'amount': '+6936'}^[19].
• Orbe's office held by head of government is recorded as mayor of Orbe^[20].
• Orbe's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5757^[21].
• Orbe's described by source is recorded as Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae^[22].
• Orbe's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[23].
• Orbe's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Orbe'}^[24].
• Orbe's list of monuments is recorded as list of cultural properties in Orbe^[25].
• Orbe's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Orbe, Switzerland^[26].
• Orbe's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Orbe, Switzerland^[27].

Body

Geography

Orbe is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Orbe is located in Jura-Nord vaudois District^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Orbe^[5], a river^[28], in France^[29]; Talent^[6], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31]; and Thielle^[7], a river^[32], in Switzerland^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Orbe covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.05'}^[34]. Orbe sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+479'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6903'}^[17], {'amount': '+6987'}^[18], and {'amount': '+6936'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Orbe's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8]. Orbe's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[23].

Why It Matters

Orbe ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month).^[2] Orbe has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Orbe is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]