Country Spain Comarca Ordes (region) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Elevation 292 m Population 12,844 (2014) Province Province of A Coruña | Autonomous community Galicia Demonym(s) Ordense Postal code 15680 Area 157.2 km² Local time Sunday 1:33 PM Team SD Órdenes | |
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Ordes is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Ordes. The population in 2008 was 12,534 inhabitants, according to the INE.
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Map of Ordes, A Coru%C3%B1a, Spain
Etymology
According to E. Bascuas, "Ordes", registered as Ordines in XI century, would derive from a form *ord- belonging to the old European hydronymy, and derived from the Indoeuropean root *er- 'flow, move'.
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