Ordino | |
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 Carrer Major and main street of Ordino town. | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Ordino Location of Ordino town within Andorra | |
| Coordinates (Ordino town):42°33′18″N1°31′59″E / 42.55500°N 1.53306°E /42.55500; 1.53306 | |
| Country | Andorra |
| Parishes | Ordino |
| Villages | Ansalonga,Arans,Arcalís,El Serrat,La Cortinada,Les Salines,Llorts,Segudet,Sornàs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maria del Mar Coma (DA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 4,858 |
| • Density | 57.15/km2 (148.0/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Ordinenc, Ordinenca |
| Postal code | AD300 |
| Website | Official site |
Ordino (Catalan pronunciation:[oɾˈðino]) is the most northerlyparish in the Principality ofAndorra. It's mostly the main area ofValira del Nord orValira d'Ordino river valley. Ordino is also the name of the main town of the parish. Other settlements in the parish areEl Serrat,Ansalonga,Sornàs,La Cortinada,Llorts,Segudet,Arans,Les Salines andArcalís. It is home to theSorteny National Park, the largest nature area of Andorra. It has a population of 4,858, as of 2017. The town preserves a vast medieval center, mainly linked to the culture of the country.
Ordino is aBiosphere Reserve byUNESCO since 2020 and has been recognized in 2023 as Best Tourism Village byUN Tourism.
The parish has borders with France (Occitania) and also with the parishes ofLa Massana,Canillo, andEncamp. The only main road and only all year external link is the CG-3 leading to the neighbouring parish of La Massana. With 85 km2 is the third largest parish afterCanillo andEncamp.
The town of Ordino lies on the footslopes ofCasamanya (2740 m), a mountain which has spectacular panoramic views from its summit being located almost exactly in the centre of Andorra.[1]
Ordino has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classificationCfb). The average annual temperature in Ordino is 8.0 °C (46.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 942.4 mm (37.10 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 15.9 °C (60.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.5 °C (34.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ordino was 32.9 °C (91.2 °F) on 18 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.9 °C (−2.0 °F) on 23 February 2005.
| Climate data for Ordino (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1999−2019) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 27.1 (80.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 32.9 (91.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 14.2 (57.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 1.7 (35.1) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 3.8 (38.8) | 1.6 (34.9) | 8.0 (46.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) | −3.8 (25.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | 0.5 (32.9) | 3.6 (38.5) | 6.5 (43.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 3.0 (37.4) | −1.4 (29.5) | −3.6 (25.5) | 1.8 (35.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) | −18.9 (−2.0) | −16.6 (2.1) | −7.1 (19.2) | −3.9 (25.0) | −0.7 (30.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | −4.2 (24.4) | −7.0 (19.4) | −14.1 (6.6) | −14.5 (5.9) | −18.9 (−2.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 59.3 (2.33) | 51.6 (2.03) | 72.8 (2.87) | 101.0 (3.98) | 109.6 (4.31) | 101.5 (4.00) | 75.6 (2.98) | 75.0 (2.95) | 74.0 (2.91) | 86.3 (3.40) | 86.0 (3.39) | 49.7 (1.96) | 942.4 (37.10) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.1 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 112.2 |
| Source:Météo France[2] | |||||||||||||
The etymological origin of the name of the parish Ordino and its capital ispre-Roman, and it is documented for the first time in theActa de Consagració i Dotació de la Catedral de la Seu d'Urgell (Deed of Consecration and Endowment of the Cathedral of La Seu d'Urgell), during the 9th century, asHordinavi orSant Cebrià d'Hordinavi.[3]
Ordino is historically known for its ironworks of the 16th century, especiallyFarga del Serrat andFarga de l'Areny. Besides being the industrial center of Andorra, Ordino is considered the cultural center of Andorra. HereAntoni Fiter i Rossell wrote theManual Digest (1748), called the "Bible of Andorra," which tells the story, the government and the Andorran customs.
The town of Ordino include theparish church of Sant Corneli i Sant Cebrià, already mentioned in 839, was mainly built during the 12th and 13th centuries. TheRomanesque church of Sant Martí de la Cortinada, with 12th-century murals, is also a good example ofromanesque Andorran art.
Manor houses like Fiter-Riba orCasa Rossell, which holds the originalManual Digest andAreny-Plandolit family house, owners ofFarga de l'Areny, represented the good society of Andorra between the 17th and 19th centuries. Both mansions were acquired in 1972 byConsell General and converted into an ethnological and historical museum.[4]
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The parish and town is the namesake of the Andorran legendEl buner d'Ordino, in which a bagpiper from Ordino, en route to a festival inCanillo, is chased and treed by wolves, but frightens them off by playing his instrument.[5]
Ordino has been part of the culture of Andorra and theCatalan language as major headquarter ofFundacio Ramon Llull (Ramon Llull Foundation), an international organization constituted in 2008 in order to promote Catalan language and culture internationally.[6]
The National Auditorium of Andorra (Catalan:Auditori Nacional d'Andorra) is located in Ordino town. TheInternational Narciso Yepes Festival, a series of classical music concerts, has been held there every October since 1983.[7][8] The festival was started by the late guitarist,Narciso Yepes.[8]
The Postal and Postcard Museum of Andorra (Catalan:Museu Postal d'Andorra) and the Miniature Museum (Catalan:Museu de la Miniatura) are localed in the parish of Ordino.
La Ruta del Ferro, which translates into English as theIron Route, is a cultural route of old iron ore mines and rural cottages across theValira del Nord, betweenLlorts andLa Cortinada.[9] It is part of the old road that the carriers used to carry the iron from the mines of Llorts to the ironwork forges ofLa Massana.[10]
A festival deeply rooted in the town of Ordino isEl Roser d'Ordino orThe Rose Festival, in which the processions and devotions during the month of July have given way to the Roses festival, a spring symbol linked to love, beauty and devotion. Traditionally, the day before the youth went to pick roses that grew in the fields and orchards, preparing the bouquets and placed in a basket that gave to women. The celebration was religious in the morning, in the afternoon there was a parade and a harvest (La Plega del Carbassó) and everything ended with a dance at night.[11]
During two days, usually the first weekend of August, the streets of Ordino are filled withbuners, an aerophone instrument that receives a wide variety of names depending on the area (bag of moans,xeremia,coixinera, Ordino's bagpipe, bottle or cleat) and is a symbol of the parish by itslegend. All events are popular, celebrated by local people and parishioners, who have gone from town to town and from a popular festival to a popular festival playing the bagpipes.[12]
The sings ofCaramelles (religious songs from theOld Catalonia sung during theEaster), and its dances, are also popular and traditional in the parish.[13]
The Comú d'Ordino, the local government, has a sports center (CEO) with swimming pool, gym, squash, sauna and rock climbing wall; along with the CTEO sport center with indoor and outdoor fields. It's also the parish were the start and finish ofUltra Trail Andorra take place, one of the most important mountain trail races in Southern Europe.
FC Ordino, founded in 2010, is one of the major sport clubs in the parish. The club's football section currently plays inPrimera Divisió, the Andorran Premier Division.
In the extreme northwest of the parish is theVallnord (Ordino-Arcalis sector ski station) ski resort which has peaks up to 2,625 m.[14]
Vallnord is part of the annuallyFreeride World TourEl Dorado route since 2015, as part of the major ski events in Andorra; along with theFIS International Youth TrophyTrofeu Borrufa celebrated every January. The ski station has also hosted since 2005 main stages of theEuropean Championships of Ski Mountaineering andWorld Championships of Ski Mountaineering.[11]
During summer the ski resort is open as bike park. In mountain biking, Vallnord was the venue for events during the2008,2009 and2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. The2015 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Vallnord.[15]
In road cycling, Arcalis was used for a stage finish in the1994 Vuelta a España, and Pal as a stage finish in the2010 Vuelta a España. Vallnord was used for stage finishes in the2007,2009 and2011 Volta a Catalunya. Stage 10 of the1997 Tour de France, Stage 7 of the2009 Tour de France and Stage 9 of the2016 Tour de France also all finished at Arcalis.[16]
The major national roadbicycle touring event,La Volta als Ports, finish in Arcalís. The race, also known as theTour of the Andorran Passes or the AndorranVuelta, was developed during the mid-1970s and has become one of the largest cyclotourism road event in Southern Europe.[17]
As of October 2020, Ordino is part of theUNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[18][19][20]
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