Orduña (Spain)

Orduña municipality
Orduña Town Hall
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country
Province :	Bizkaia
Comarca :	Arratia-Nervión
Coordinates	42 ° 0 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W
Height :	293  msnm
Area :	33.49 km²
Residents :	4,232 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	126.37 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	48460
Municipality number  ( INE ):	48074
administration
Mayor :	Ricardo Gutierrez Tellaetxe ( PNV )
Website :	www.urduna.com
Location of the municipality

Orduña is a city in the province of Vizcaya in the Spanish Basque Country with 4232 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

geography

Orduña lies at 293 m above sea level in the source valley of the Nervión, which is enclosed by mountains . The highest mountain in the area is the Peña de Orduña (1,039 m).

The urban area is a between Álava and Burgos exploiting Dende exclave province Vizcaya is.

history

Orduña was first mentioned in writing in the 8th century, at the time of Alfonso I. In the same century, the place was conquered by the Moors and briefly ruled until it fell back to the Kingdom of Asturias in the course of the Reconquista . In the 13th century the city established itself as the trading center of the plateau. In 1536 it was destroyed by a fire, and its economic importance declined as a result. Orduña experienced a new economic boom in the 18th century. At the beginning of the 20th century tourism opened up in the city and Orduña became a health resort through the use of thermal springs.

Infrastructure and traffic

Orduña is around 40 km from the provincial capital, Bilbao, on the N-625 Bilbao - Pancorbo national road.

sons and daughters of the town

• Juan Ortiz de Zárate (1521–1576), conquistador
• Iván Fandiño Barros (1980-2017), torero

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

literature

• Ana Maria Canales: Monografias de Pueblos de Bizkaia. Orduña . 1997, ISBN 84-7752-238-3
• J. Enriquez, C. Hidalgo de Cisneros, A. Lorente, A. Martínez: Fuentes Documentales Medievales del País Vasco. Colección Documental del Archivo Municipal de Orduña (1271-1510). Tomo I . ISBN 84-87471-62-5
• J. Enriquez, C. Hidalgo de Cisneros, A. Lorente, A. Martinez: Fuentes Documentales Medievales del País Vasco. Colección Documental del Archivo Municipal de Orduña (1511–1520). De la junta Ruzabal y de la aldea de Belandia. Tomo II . ISBN 84-87471-62-5
• José Ignacio Salazar: Urbanismo e historia de la ciudad de Orduña . 1995, ISBN 84-7777-132-4
• J. Maria Garayo Urruela: Orduña en el siglo XX . Separata de los núm. 9-10. Bilbao 1974 de Estudios Vizcaino. Revista del centro de estudios históricos de Vizcaya.
• José Ignacio Olabuenaga: Orduña Puerta del Señorío
• José Ignacio Salazar: Apuntaciones históricas de la ciudad de Orduña . ISBN 84-7752-326-6 .
• José R. de Madaria: La ciudad de Orduña . ISBN 84-500-4311-5

Web links

• www.orduna.org Homepage of the city (span.)