Oron-le-Châtel

Oron-le-Châtel is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Oron. Oron-le-Châtel is first mentioned in 1137 as Oruns. Oron-le-Châtel had an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.8% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.7% is used for growing crops and 17.5% is pastures. The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Oron-le-Châtel became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron. The former municipality is located on the right bank of the Broye. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable, an Eagle Or. Oron-le-Châtel has a population () of 293. , 13.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 42.5%. It has changed at a rate of 30.7% due to migration and at a rate of 13.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (222 or 95.3%), with German being second most common (5 or 2.1%) and Swedish being third (2 or 0.9%). and 1 person who speaks Romansh. The age distribution, , in Oron-le-Châtel is; 38 children or 12.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 57 teenagers or 18.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 32 people or 10.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 34 people or 11.3% are between 30 and 39, 64 people or 21.2% are between 40 and 49, and 37 people or 12.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 24 people or 7.