Orges is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Orges is first mentioned in 1260 as Orses. The country estate of Longeville is first mentioned in 1261 as Longavilla.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 70.9% is used for growing crops and 8.2% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The village is located on a high plateau above Lake Neuchatel and between the valleys of the L'Arnon and La Brine rivers. It consists of the village of Orges and the country estate of Longeville.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Barley stems Or. The barley () is an example of canting arms.
Demographics
Orges has a population () of . , 9.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 19.5%. It has changed at a rate of 10% due to migration and at a rate of 9.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (187 or 92.1%) as their first language, with German being second most common (7 or 3.4%) and Portuguese being third (7 or 3.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
, there were 93 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 94 married individuals, 10 widows or widowers and 6 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 88 private households in the village, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.
, a total of 82 apartments (82.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (11.1%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (6.1%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.41% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (13.79%), the SP (11.44%) and the PdA Party (9.25%). In the federal election, a total of 72 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.7%.
Economy
, Orges had an unemployment rate of 2.3%. , there were 19 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 45 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 5 businesses in this sector. 31 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.
, there were 79 workers who commuted into the village and 64 workers who commuted away. The village is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the village for every one leaving. About 8.9% of the workforce coming into Orges are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.1% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 12 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 19 students in those schools.
, there were 10 students in Orges who came from another village, while 35 residents attended schools outside the village.