Ordes

Municipality in Galicia, Spain

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Location of Ordes

43°4′36″N 8°24′26″W / 43.07667°N 8.40722°W / 43.07667; -8.40722Country

SpainAutonomous community

GaliciaProvinceA CoruñaComarcaOrdesGovernment

• AlcaldeJose Luis Martínez Sanjurjo (PPdeG)Area

• Total157.23 km² (60.71 sq mi)Elevation

292 m (958 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total12,632 • Density80/km² (210/sq mi)DemonymOrdenseTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

15680

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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'.^[2]

References

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