Vallorbe is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Vallorbe is first mentioned in 1139 as de valle urbanensi. In 1148 it was mentioned as de valle urbe.
Vallorbe has an area, as of 2009, of 23.2 square kilometers (9.0 sq mi). Of this area, 5.12 km2 (1.98 sq mi) or 22.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.47 km2 (5.97 sq mi) or 66.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.15 km2 (37 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 64.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.4% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures and 3.9% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.4% is in lakes and 0.8% is in rivers and streams.
As I fly through the eye unaware
That the man at the helm is more scared
Of losing his money than his mind or his hold on the sky
And the wings on his rings that he wears
Bend and bow to the man splitting hairs
Between the weight of his pennies and the birds in the sky
And what makes them fly
And the stone inside the seed is what feeds the rose
And the bud that grows from weed
Is more knowing than those
Who purge the fishless sea
From their sinking boat
'Cause the skin is all they see
For a glimpse of gold