Orduña-Urduña
Urduña/Orduña (Basque: Urduña; Spanish: Orduña) is an exclave and municipality of 4,232 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain.
Urduña/Orduña | |
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 Urduña/Orduña Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Urduña/Orduña Location of Urduña/Orduña within the Basque Country | |
| Coordinates: 42°59′45″N 3°00′30″W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Basque Country |
| Province | Biscay |
| Comarca | Arratia-Nerbioi |
| Founded | 1229 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Idoia Aginako Arbaiza (EH Bildu) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.49 km2 (12.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,180 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Spanish: orduñés |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 48460 |
| Official language(s) | Basque Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
The municipality is an exclave of Biscay, surrounded entirely by the Basque province of Álava and the province of Burgos, part of Castille and León. It is located in a plain in the highest part of the Nervión river valley, at the foot of the Sierra Salbada mountains.
Orduña is the final station of the commuter rail line C-3 that links the town with Bilbao.
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View of the valley of Orduña
Train station
Notable people
- Juan de Garay (1528–1583), conquistador, governor, founder of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe
- Alberto Alcocer y Ribacoba (1886–1957), politician, mayor of Madrid and secretary general of the Bank of Spain
- Iván Fandiño (1980–2017), bullfighter
References
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- http://www.orduna.org: Local (in Spanish)
- ORDUÑA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
- Apuntaciones históricas de la Ciudad de Orduña. José Antonio de Armona y Murga, 1789 (in Spanish)
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