Orduña-Urduña

42°59′45″N 3°00′30″W / 42.99583°N 3.00833°W / 42.99583; -3.00833CountrySpainAutonomous communityBasque CountryProvinceBiscayComarcaArratia-NerbioiFounded1229Government • MayorIdoia Aginako Arbaiza (EH Bildu)Area • Total33.49 km² (12.93 sq mi)Elevation293 m (961 ft)Population • Total4,180 • Density120/km² (320/sq mi)DemonymSpanish: orduñésTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeOfficial language(s)Basque
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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.

Geography

The municipality is an exclave of Biscay, surrounded entirely by the Basque province of Álava and the province of Burgos, part of Castile and León. It is located in a plain in the highest part of the Nervión river valley, at the foot of the Sierra Salvada mountains. The municipality contains the small exclave of Cerca de Villaño, surrounded by the neighbouring province of Burgos.^[2]

Orduña is the final station of the commuter rail line C-3 that links the town with Bilbao.

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

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^{[permanent dead link]} (in Spanish)