Ordes is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of northwestern
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
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.
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
Old European (german: Alteuropäisch) is the term used by Hans Krahe (1964) for the language of the oldest reconstructed stratum of European hydronymy (river names) in Central and Western Europe.Hans Krahe, ''Unsere ältesten Flussnamen'', Wiesbad ...
, and derived from the
Indoeuropean root ''*er-'' 'flow, move'.
[ Edelmiro Bascuas, ''Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia'' (pág. 132)]
References
External links
Concello de Ordes
Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña
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