Ordes | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ordes | |
  Ordes Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 43°4′36″N 8°24′26″W / 43.07667°N 8.40722°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Galicia |
| Province | A Coruña |
| Comarca | Ordes |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Jose Luis Martínez Sanjurjo (PPdeG) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 157.23 km2 (60.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 292 m (958 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,632 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ordense |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 15680 |
| Website | Official 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.
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]
