Orbey is a common French, located in the department of the Haut-Rhin and the area Alsace.

Its inhabitants is called Orbelais and Orbelaises.

Geography

The commune of Orbey occupies the high valley of the Weiss, including the lakes Blanc and Noir. She leans with the Massif of the Vosges, dominated by the tops of the Linen, of the Gazon of Faing and the Head of the Forgeries.

Variations and localities

Pairis, Tannach, Remomont, Low Huts, High Huts, the Hollow of Money, Allagouttes.

History

Administration

Demography

  • provisional population for 2006: 3.608

Places and monuments

  • crowned the heart of Remomont)
  • the Tower of Folded
  • Cemetery DuchĂȘne

Personalities related to the commune

  • Andre Didier, director of the Harmony
  • Raymond Mayor, president of the association of the Friends of the Tower of Folded

See too

  • Common of Haut-Rhin

External bonds

  • Official site of the commune
  • Orbey on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Orbey on the site of INSEE
  • Orbey on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Orbey on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Orbey on Mapquest

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