Misplaced Pages

Ordes

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Municipality in Galicia, Spain
Ordes
Municipality
Flag of OrdesFlagCoat of arms of OrdesCoat of arms
Location of OrdesLocation of Ordes
Ordes is located in SpainOrdesOrdesLocation in Spain
Coordinates: 43°4′36″N 8°24′26″W / 43.07667°N 8.40722°W / 43.07667; -8.40722
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
ProvinceA Coruña
ComarcaOrdes
Government
 • AlcaldeJose Luis Martínez Sanjurjo (PPdeG)
Area
 • Total157.23 km (60.71 sq mi)
Elevation292 m (958 ft)
Population
 • Total12,632
 • Density80/km (210/sq mi)
DemonymOrdense
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code15680
WebsiteOfficial 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

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'.

See also

List of municipalities in A Coruña

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Edelmiro Bascuas, Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia (pág. 132)

External links

Municipalities of the province of A Coruña
Flag of Galicia


Stub icon

This article about a location in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: