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Ordes

Coordinates: 43°4′36″N 8°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″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 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

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

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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

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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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