Orbe

Municipality
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 46°43′N 06°32′E / 46.717°N 6.533°ECoordinates: 46°43′N 06°32′E / 46.717°N 6.533°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Jura-Nord vaudois
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Elevation	479 m (1,572 ft)
Population (2003)
• Total	5,063
• Density	420.51/km2 (1,089.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1350
Surrounded by	Agiez, Arnex-sur-Orbe, Chavornay, Ependes, Essert-Pittet, Mathod, Montcherand, Valeyres-sous-Rances
Website	www.orbe.ch ; Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Orbe is a small town in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the capital of the former district of Orbe and is now part of the district of Jura-Nord vaudois. The town is on the river of the same name. About 6,000 people live there.

The town has a coffee factory owned by Nestlé, a marionette museum, Roman ruins, and a late-Gothic church.

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Aerial view of Orbe, showing the tree-covered Orbe river and the hill of the old town
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Part of the old city of Orbe
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Aerial view of Orbe with the Nestlé factory complex (foreground) and the Jura Mountains (background)
The Church of Notre Dame in Orbe
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Swiss Reformed Church of Notre-Dame

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Municipality

Coat of arms
Location of Orbe Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Coordinates: 46°43′N 06°32′E / 46.717°N 6.533°E / 46.717; 6.533Coordinates: 46°43′N 06°32′E / 46.717°N 6.533°E / 46.717; 6.533
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Jura-Nord vaudois
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	12.04 km² (4.65 sq mi)
Elevation	479 m (1,572 ft)
Population (2003)
• Total	5,063
• Density	420.51/km² (1,089.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1350
Surrounded by	Agiez, Arnex-sur-Orbe, Chavornay, Ependes, Essert-Pittet, Mathod, Montcherand, Valeyres-sous-Rances
Website	www.orbe.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics