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| Vallorbe | ||
| Canton | Vaud | |
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| Residents | 3.837 (2018) | |
| height | 750 m, 757 m | |
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Vallorbe is a Swiss Municipality in the canton Vaud.
background
Vallorbe is located in a basin at the foot of the Mont d'Ore. Here the Orbe emerges again from a karst spring, after which it was im Vallée de Joux has seeped away.
In addition to the village of Vallorbe, the municipality also includes the following localities, Le Day and Les Grands Marais, the latter is already in the geographical area of the Valle de Joux.
Vallorbe has long been an important transport hub and industrial location. The latter mainly through the use of the hydropower of the Orbe.
It is believed that the valley was made usable around the year 1100, by the monks from the monastery Romainmôtier. The place is first mentioned in a document from Pope Innocent II in 1139. In that year a daughter priory of Romainmôtier was founded here, even before that the whole valley belonged to the monastery. The development of the valley was then shaped by iron smelting and hammer forges. In 1536, Vallorbe came under the rule of Bern and was assigned to the administration of the Romainmôtier bailiwick, where it formed its own court. It has belonged to the Orbe district since 1798, and to this canton since the founding of Vaud. On January 1st, 2008 Vallorbe becomes part of the new district Jura North Vaudois.
A part of Vallorbe was badly affected by the great fire in 1883.
getting there
The A 9 begins above Vallorbe on the border with France and joins the A 1 south of Yverdon at the Essert-Pittet junction. From the end of the autobahn you have to drive a short distance down the main road into the valley. The main road number 9 leads from Cossonay above La Sarraz to Vallorbe. In Vallorbe, the main road branches off into the Vallée de Joux.
Vallorbe station is a border station. The Mont d'Ore tunnel, which leads to France, begins immediately after the train station. The TGV stops here from Lausanne to Pariswhich, however, cannot be used in domestic Swiss traffic. This is also where the S 2 from Lausanne of the Léman S-Bahn ends.
There is an express bus connection via the A 9 to Yverdon-les-Bains. There is also a bus connection to Orbe.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Parish church. The reformed parish church from 1712.
- Railway bridge. The imposing railway bridge over the Lac des Rosiers reservoir from 1870.
- Grottes et Trésor de Fées. Tel.: 41 (0)21 843 25 83. Orbe grottoes.
- Iron and Railway Museum. Tel.: 41 (0)21 843 25 83.
- Juraparc, at the Chalet du Mont d'Orzeires. With the largest bison herd in Switzerland, as well as wolf and bear enclosures.
- Fort 1939-45. Tel.: 41 (0)21 843 25 83. Fortress 1939-45, a World War II fortress that has been converted into a museum.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
trips
- To the former monastery in Romainmôtier
Practical advice
- Office you tourisme, Grandes-Forges 11, 1337 Vallorbe. Tel.: 41 (0)21 843 25 83, Fax: 41 (0)21 843 22 62.
literature
Web links
- Official website of the municipality (French)
