Ordes
Appearance
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Location of Ordes | |
Coordinates: 43°4′36″N 8°24′26″W / 43.07667°N 8.40722°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | A Coruña |
Comarca | Ordes |
Government | |
• Alcalde | Jose Luis Martínez Sanjurjo (PPdeG) |
Area | |
• Total | 157.23 km2 (60.71 sq mi) |
Elevation | 292 m (958 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 12,632 |
• Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Demonym | Ordense |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 15680 |
Website | Official website |
Ordes is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Ordes. The population in 2008 was 12,534 inhabitants, according to the INE.
Etymology
[edit]According to E. Bascuas, "Ordes", registered as Ordines in the 11th century, would derive from a form *ord- belonging to the old European hydronymy, and derived from the Indoeuropean root *er- 'flow, move'.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Edelmiro Bascuas, Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia (pág. 132)
External links
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