Ordes

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ordes

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Casa concello Ordes.JPG

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| image_flag = Bandeira de Ordes A Coruña Galiza.jpg

| image_shield = Escudo de Ordes.svg

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| image_map = Situacion Ordes.PNG

| map_caption = Location of Ordes

| pushpin_map = Spain

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Spain

| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Galicia}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = A Coruña

| subdivision_type3 = Comarca

| subdivision_name3 = Ordes

| seat_type =

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|4|36|N|8|24|26|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_m = 292

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| area_total_km2 = 157.23

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| population_demonym = Ordense

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 15680

| area_code_type = Dialing code

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| leader_title = Alcalde

| leader_name =

Jose Luis Martínez Sanjurjo

| leader_party = PPdeG

| website = {{official website|http://www.concellodeordes.com}}

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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'.Edelmiro Bascuas, Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia (pág. 132)

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