Editing Orbe (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Orbe vue du ciel.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Orbe with the Nestlé factory complex (foreground) and the [[Jura Mountains]] (background)]]
The town has a Nestle Research & Development factory with a working force of over 500 employees.  The factory is responsible for producing Nescafé and Nespresso.  The factory accounts for just over 15% of Nestlé's overall turnover per annum. The [[Peter's Chocolate|factory was opened]] in 1901 by [[Daniel Peter]], the inventor of milk chocolate, to expand his production.<ref name=FAO>{{cite news | language=French | url=https://www.faovd.ch/actualite/556/l-inventeur-oublie-du-chocolat-au-lait/ | title=L'inventeur oublié du chocolat au lait  | trans-title=The forgotten inventor of milk chocolate| work=Feuille des Avis Officiels du canton de Vaud | date=26 March 2021 | agency=[[Canton of Vaud]] | accessdate=23 May 2022}}</ref> A 52-metre-tall chimney built for the former chocolate factory has been preserved.<ref>[https://www.lemanbleu.ch/fr/Actualite/Economie/Nouvelle-jeunesse-pour-la-cheminee-industrielle-d-Orbe.html Nouvelle jeunesse pour la cheminée industrielle d'Orbe]</ref>

{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Orbe had an unemployment rate of 7.5%.  {{as of|2008}}, there were 95 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 18 businesses involved in this sector.  1,121 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 48 businesses in this sector.  2,173 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 227 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 2,624 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.5% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 2,996.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 85, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,081 of which 807 or (74.7%) were in manufacturing and 241 (22.3%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1,830.  In the tertiary sector; 343 or 18.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 82 or 4.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 58 or 3.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 15 or 0.8% were in the information industry, 36 or 2.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 515 or 28.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 121 or 6.6% were in education and 257 or 14.0% were in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011.</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 1,832 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,489 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  About 7.1% of the workforce coming into Orbe are coming from outside Switzerland.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010.</ref>  Of the working population, 10.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.2% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

Since 1894, the town has been served by the [[Orbe-Chavornay railway]], the first electrified railway in Switzerland.