Oron-la-Ville (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɔ̃ la vil]) is a small town and 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.
[4] The municipality is located along the right bank of the Broye in the eastern part of the Jorat region.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Crescent increscent Or.
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Oron-la-Ville is; 168 children or 12.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 180 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19.
[10] About 37.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] The Temple of Oron-la-Ville is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[14] Oron-la-Ville is twinned with: In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.15% of the vote.
[7] There were 568 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.8% of the workforce.
The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, of which 10 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.
In the tertiary sector; 173 or 38.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 23 or 5.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 3.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 12 or 2.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 18 or 4.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 41 or 9.1% were in education and 116 or 25.6% were in health care.
[7] From the 2000 census[update], 384 or 31.4% were Roman Catholic, while 553 or 45.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.
In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.
The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.