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Ordes

Coordinates:43°4′36″N8°24′26″W/ 43.07667°N 8.40722°W/43.07667; -8.40722
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Ordes
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Location of Ordes
Location of Ordes
Ordes is located in Spain
Ordes
Ordes
Location in Spain
Coordinates:43°4′36″N8°24′26″W/ 43.07667°N 8.40722°W/43.07667; -8.40722
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityGalicia
ProvinceA Coruña
ComarcaOrdes
Government
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)
DemonymOrdense
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+2(CEST)
Postal code
15680
WebsiteOfficial website

Ordesis amunicipalityin the province ofA Coruña,in theautonomous communityofGalicia,Spain.It belongs to thecomarcaofOrdes.The population in 2008 was 12,534 inhabitants, according to the INE.

Etymology

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According toE. Bascuas,"Ordes", registered asOrdinesin the 11th century, would derive from a form*ord-belonging to theold European hydronymy,and derived from theIndoeuropeanroot*er-'flow, move'.[2]

References

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