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
Urduña/Orduña Town Hall
Urduña/Orduña Town Hall
Flag of Urduña/Orduña
Coat of arms of Urduña/Orduña
Urduña/Orduña is located in the Basque Country
Urduña/Orduña
Urduña/Orduña
Location of Urduña/Orduña within the Basque Country
Coordinates: 42°59′45″N 3°00′30″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityBasque Country
ProvinceBiscay
ComarcaArratia-Nerbioi
Founded1229
Government
  MayorIdoia Aginako Arbaiza (EH Bildu)
Area
  Total33.49 km2 (12.93 sq mi)
Elevation
293 m (961 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total4,180
  Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
DemonymSpanish: orduñés
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
48460
Official language(s)Basque
Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website

Geography

View of the valley of Orduña
Train station

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 Salbada 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

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Errazti, Izaskun (14 December 2017). "El cachito de Bizkaia que está en Burgos y no sale en los mapas". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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