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Oron is a commune in France, situated within the Grand Est region. It lies in the Moselle department and is part of the canton of Delme. The municipality covers an area of 5.37 square kilometers and stands at an elevation of 302 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 57590.
The commune borders Château-Bréhain, Chicourt, Fonteny, and Frémery. It has a population of 122 residents, consisting of 49 males and 45 females. Oron is associated with the electoral district of the canton of the Saulnois.
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Department
- Moselle
- Arrondissement
- Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
- Canton
- Le Saulnois
- Intercommunality
- CC du Saulnois
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jean-Marc Choné
- Area
- 5.37 km (2.07 sq mi)
- Density
- 20.7/km (53.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 57528 /57590
- Elevation
- 234–302 m (768–991 ft) , (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Oron
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Château-Salins
- Population
- 111
- Area
- 5.37
- Elevation
- 256
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Viviers
- Image
- Eglise Oron.JPG
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- Commons category
- Oron (Moselle)
- postal code
- 57590
- associated electoral district
- canton of the Saulnois
- male population
- 49
- female population
- 45
- P8168
- vomiting
- different from
- Oron
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-87-01-93-91
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Travel guide
Understand
Oron has an estimated population of 250,000. Lying on the Cross River, Oron has a seaport and a maritime academy which is soon to become a nautical university. The predominant occupation is fishing and farming.
Oron became a division in August 1970 and in 1976, was made a Local Government Area. However, following the local government creation exercise of the federal government in 1989, Oron was split into 3 Local Government Areas of Mbo, Akwa Ibom Oron, Akwa Ibom and Okobo, Akwa Ibom. Again in September 1991, Urue-Offong/Oruko Local Government Area was carved out of Oron Local Government Area. Finally in December 1996, Udung Uko Local Government Area was further carved out of Oron.
Oron is the host of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron.
Get around
Oron occupies an area of approximately 30 square miles (70 km2) in size with estimated humidity of about 74 percent and average temperature pegged at 27.5 °C . Oron is located on 4 degrees North latitude and 8 degrees East longitude. The area is a hilly area despite situated in a place a that is low in altitude, which rises 350 feet above sea level. It is an area between open grassland and tropical forest and it has an average annual rainfall of 77 inches which is 198 cm.
Do
The Ekpe outings feature impressive displays of masquerades
Mbok
Nkwobo
Buy
There are a good number of markets and supermarkets where both visitors, travellers and the inhabitants of Oron can sell and purchase commodities from. Some of them include:
Eat
Oron Museum Kitchen serves light local dishes such as Isi-Ewu, pepper soup and fresh pal wine. It offers a complete taste of Akwa Ibom located at No. 1 Oron Road, Oron, Akwa Ibom State. It opens from Monday to Friday, 8AM-5PM.
Sleep
There are a couple of hotel accommodation options in and around Oron available for both traveller and visitors to lodge in. Some of these accommodation options include:
Connect
For most locations in Oron, there is coverage of the 2G/3G/4G mobile networks, but signal strength usually diminishes further away from the city center, and you might occasionally experience network outage for all or some of the mobile phone service providers in the remote areas of the city. Different networks tend to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at different times.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Oron ( French pronunciation: [ɔʁɔ̃] ; German: Orn) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.