Orduña-Urduña facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Urduña/Orduña
Municipality
Urduña/Orduña Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Urduña/Orduña Location in Basque Country
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Arratia-Nerbioi
Founded	1229
Area
• Total	33.49 km2 (12.93 sq mi)
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	4,180
• Density	124.81/km2 (323.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Spanish: orduñés
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48460
Official language(s)	Basque Spanish

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

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 Salvada mountains. The municipality contains the small exclave of Cerca de Villaño, surrounded by the neighbouring province of Burgos.

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
• Juan Ortiz de Zárate (1521-1575), conquistador

See also

In Spanish: Orduña para niños