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
Municipality
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	Spanish: orduñés
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48460
Official language(s)	Basque Spanish
Website	Official 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 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
• Celestino Alcocer Valderrama (1855-1924), politician, Cortes deputy
• 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