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| Canton | Vaud | |
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| Residents | 293 (December 31, 2010) | |
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Oron-le-Châtel is a Swiss Municipality in the canton Vaud.
background
The community lies on a terrace east of the broad valley of the upper Broye. The neighboring village is in the valley Oron-la-Ville.
The area was already settled in Roman times, as the Aventicum military road ran through the Broyetal (Avenches) according to Octodurum (Martigny). Not much has been preserved of the Uromagus settlement. The name Oron first appeared in a document from the Abbey of Saint-Maurice in 515, as the area that the Burgundian King Sigismund gave to the abbey. Parts of the area went back into the possession of Burgundy over time, so that Rudolf III. of Burgundy in 1017 bequeathed a large part of his holdings in the Oron area to the Abbey of Saint-Maurice. The Oron reign developed from these abbey properties in the 12th century. The center of this rule was the Oron Castle, which is located on the municipality, while the actual capital of the Oron-la-Ville region. Under the rule of the Savoy, the fiefdom was skillfully directed by the lords of Oron. So the rule experienced its heyday in the 13th century. The family also held important posts in Vaud until it went out in 1388. As a result, the lordship was inherited by the Counts of Gruyères. As a result, after the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, it remained with the County of Gruyères, albeit under the suzerainty of Bern. In 1555, Bern bought the former territory from the Counts of Gruyères. The claims to power of the Abbey of St. Maurice did not end until August 7, 1671.
The current municipal boundaries of Oron-le-Châtel came into being in 1820 when Chesalles-sur-Oron and Bussigny-sur-Oron separated from the municipality and became independent municipalities.
getting there
The community is on the main road from Lausanne to Cop, from which here the road to Romont branches off.
The next motorway exit is Châtel St Denis on the A12.
Oron station is only served irregularly by regional trains. There are bus routes to Oron-la-Ville, La Verrerie, Palézieux (Gare) and Romont.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Oron Castle. The castle was built at the end of the 12th and beginning of the 13th century. It is the only surviving medieval castle in the Oron region. Since 1936 it has been owned by the ACCO Association, which maintains the castle.Open: Opening times: April to September; Saturday 2pm - 6pm, guided tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm; Sundays 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., guided tours at 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.Price: Admission: Adults CHF 8, children CHF 4 (groups of 20 or more also outside of the opening times Tel. 021 907 90 51 Fax 021 907 90 65).
