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|coor_pinpoint = Ordino town|elevation_m = 1300|elevation_max_m = |elevation_min_m = |postal_code = AD300|website = Official site|footnotes = }}Ordino ({{IPA-ca|uɾˈðinu}}) is the most northerly parish in the Principality of Andorra. It's mostly the main area of Valira del Nord or Valira d'Ordino river valley. Ordino is also the name of the main town of the parish. Other settlements in the parish are El Serrat, Ansalonga, Sornàs, La Cortinada, Llorts, Segudet, Arans, Les Salines and Arcalís. It is home to the Sorteny 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.

Geography

The parish has borders with France (Occitania) and also with the parishes of La Massana, Canillo, and Encamp. 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 after Canillo and Encamp.The town of Ordino lies on the footslopes of Casamanya (2740 m), a mountain which has spectacular panoramic views from its summit being located almost exactly in the centre of Andorra.Hiking the Eastern Pyrenees, Peter Dunkley, Passport Newsletter, February 2009, Editor K. Petchenik, Remy Publishing

Climate

Ordino has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ordino is {{cvt|8.0|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|942.4|mm}} with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around {{cvt|15.9|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|1.5|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Ordino was {{cvt|32.9|C}} on 18 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-18.9|C}} on 23 February 2005.{{Weather box|location= Ordino (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1999−2019)|metric first= Y|single line= Y|Jan record high C = 18.5|Feb record high C = 19.2|Mar record high C = 21.5|Apr record high C = 24.8|May record high C = 28.3|Jun record high C = 30.2|Jul record high C = 32.0|Aug record high C = 32.9|Sep record high C = 31.0|Oct record high C = 27.1|Nov record high C = 21.3|Dec record high C = 17.1|year record high C = 32.9|Jan high C = 6.8|Feb high C = 7.3|Mar high C = 9.8|Apr high C = 11.6|May high C = 16.1|Jun high C = 21.3|Jul high C = 23.4|Aug high C = 23.1|Sep high C = 19.5|Oct high C = 14.9|Nov high C = 9.1|Dec high C = 6.7|year high C = 14.2|Jan mean C = 1.5|Feb mean C = 1.7|Mar mean C = 3.9|Apr mean C = 6.0|May mean C = 9.8|Jun mean C = 13.9|Jul mean C = 15.9|Aug mean C = 15.6|Sep mean C = 12.5|Oct mean C = 9.1|Nov mean C = 3.8|Dec mean C = 1.6|year mean C = 8.0|Jan low C = -3.9|Feb low C = -3.8|Mar low C = -2.0|Apr low C = 0.5|May low C = 3.6|Jun low C = 6.5|Jul low C = 8.3|Aug low C = 8.1|Sep low C = 5.5|Oct low C = 3.0|Nov low C = -1.4|Dec low C = -3.6|year low C = 1.8|Jan record low C = -16.6|Feb record low C = -18.9|Mar record low C = -16.6|Apr record low C = -7.1|May record low C = -3.9|Jun record low C = -0.7|Jul record low C = -0.6|Aug record low C = 0.3|Sep record low C = -4.2|Oct record low C = -7.0|Nov record low C = -14.1|Dec record low C = -14.5|year record low C = -18.9|precipitation colour = green|Jan precipitation mm = 59.3|Feb precipitation mm = 51.6|Mar precipitation mm = 72.8|Apr precipitation mm = 101.0|May precipitation mm = 109.6|Jun precipitation mm = 101.5|Jul precipitation mm = 75.6|Aug precipitation mm = 75.0|Sep precipitation mm = 74.0|Oct precipitation mm = 86.3|Nov precipitation mm = 86.0|Dec precipitation mm = 49.7|year precipitation mm = 942.4|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm|Jan precipitation days = 8.1|Feb precipitation days = 7.7|Mar precipitation days = 9.7|Apr precipitation days = 12.2|May precipitation days = 14.0|Jun precipitation days = 9.0|Jul precipitation days = 8.0|Aug precipitation days = 8.3|Sep precipitation days = 8.3|Oct precipitation days = 10.1|Nov precipitation days = 9.8|Dec precipitation days = 7.0|year precipitation days = 112.2|Jan sun = |Feb sun = |Mar sun = |Apr sun = |May sun = |Jun sun = |Jul sun = |Aug sun = |Sep sun = |Oct sun = |Nov sun = |Dec sun = |year sun = |source 1 = Météo FranceWEB,weblink Climate of Salines 1981-2010, fr, Météo-France, June 8, 2022, }}

History

(File:Ordino_Church_2_Andorra.JPG|thumb|left|220px|The 12th century Romanesque Sant Corneli and Sant Cebrià church and bell tower in Ordino.)The etymological origin of the name of the parish Ordino and its capital is pre-Roman, and it is documented for the first time in the Acta 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, as Hordinavi or Sant Cebrià d'Hordinavi.WEB,weblink Població Ordino del camí, www.elcami.cat, Ordino is historically known for its ironworks of the 16th century, especially Farga del Serrat and Farga de l'Areny. Besides being the industrial center of Andorra, Ordino is considered the cultural center of Andorra. Here Antoni Fiter i Rossell wrote the Manual Digest (1748), called the "Bible of Andorra," which tells the story, the government and the Andorran customs.The town of Ordino include the parish church of Sant Corneli i Sant Cebrià, already mentioned in 839, was mainly built during the 12th and 13th centuries. The Romanesque church of Sant Martí de la Cortinada, with 12th-century murals, is also a good example of romanesque Andorran art.Manor houses like Fiter-Riba or Casa Rossell, which holds the original Manual Digest and Areny-Plandolit family house, owners of Farga de l'Areny, represented the good society of Andorra between the 17th and 19th centuries. Both mansions were acquired in 1972 by Consell General and converted into an ethnological and historical museum.WEB,weblink Ordino - enciclopèdia.cat, www.enciclopedia.cat, File:Areny-Plandolit casa Ordino (Andorra).jpg|thumb|left|220px|Areny-Plandolit family house localed in Carrer Major d'Ordino.]]The parish and town is the namesake of the Andorran legend El buner d'Ordino, in which a bagpiper from Ordino, en route to a festival in Canillo, is chased and treed by wolves, but frightens them off by playing his instrument.BOOK, Àlvar Valls Oliva - Roser Carol Romàn, Àlvar Valls i Oliva, Roser Carol i Romàn, Llegendes d'Andorra,weblink 15 November 2010, L'Abadia de Montserrat, 978-84-9883-340-9, 95–,

Culture

Ordino has been part of the culture of Andorra and the Catalan language as major headquarter of Fundacio Ramon Llull (Ramon Llull Foundation), an international organization constituted in 2008 in order to promote Catalan language and culture internationally.WEB,weblink Neix la Fundació Ramon Llull, 324cat, 31 March 2008, The National Auditorium of Andorra (Catalan: Auditori Nacional d'Andorra) is located in Ordino town. The International Narciso Yepes Festival, a series of classical music concerts, has been held there every October since 1983. The festival was started by the late guitarist, Narciso Yepes.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 the Iron Route, is a cultural route of old iron ore mines and rural cottages across the Valira del Nord, between Llorts and La Cortinada.WEB,weblink Ruta del Ferro: Iron and nature in Andorra, Andorra Tourism, It is part of the old road that the carriers used to carry the iron from the mines of Llorts to the ironwork forges of La Massana.WEB,weblink Ruta del Ferro Andorra (Llorts-La Cortinada) - RUTES PIRINEUS, www.rutespirineus.cat, File:Pleta de Castellar.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Mountain cabin in Pleta del Castellar, Arcalís.]]File:Paisatge d'Andorra.jpg|thumb|right|220px|View from Tristaina lakes of La Coma d'Ordino and Arcalís.]]

Events and festivities

A festival deeply rooted in the town of Ordino is El Roser d'Ordino or The 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.WEB,weblink Contingut camipèdia - Calendari de Festes d'Ordino, www.elcami.cat, During two days, usually the first weekend of August, the streets of Ordino are filled with buners, 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 its legend. 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.WEB,weblink Ordino, Andorra, www.sanditz.com, The sings of Caramelles (religious songs from the Old Catalonia sung during the Easter), and its dances, are also popular and traditional in the parish.WEB,weblink Tradicions i costums — El web de la parròquia d'Ordino, www.ordino.ad,

Sports

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 of Ultra Trail Andorra take place, one of the most important mountain trail races in Southern Europe. File:View of La Coma Arcalis Andorra.JPG|thumb|right|View from top of chairlift to Cota (2625m) overlooking La Coma part of the Arcalís ski resort.]]FC Ordino, founded in 2010, is one of the major sport clubs in the parish. The club's football section currently plays in Primera Divisió, the Andorran Premier Division.In the extreme northwest of the parish is the Vallnord (Ordino-Arcalis sector ski station) ski resort which has peaks up to 2,625 m.Ordino-Arcalis Ski Resort{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Yahoo.comVallnord is part of the annually Freeride World Tour El Dorado route since 2015, as part of the major ski events in Andorra; along with the FIS International Youth Trophy Trofeu Borrufa celebrated every January. The ski station has also hosted since 2005 main stages of the European Championships of Ski Mountaineering and World Championships of Ski Mountaineering.During summer the ski resort is open as bike park. In mountain biking, Vallnord was the venue for events during the 2008, 2009 and 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. The 2015 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Vallnord.WEB,weblink UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Union Cycliste International, 10 July 2016, In road cycling, Arcalis was used for a stage finish in the 1994 Vuelta a España, and Pal as a stage finish in the 2010 Vuelta a España. Vallnord was used for stage finishes in the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Volta a Catalunya. Stage 10 of the 1997 Tour de France, Stage 7 of the 2009 Tour de France and Stage 9 of the 2016 Tour de France also all finished at Arcalis.WEB,weblink Stage 9: Vielha Val d'Aran / Andorre Arcalis, Tour de France, Amaury Sport Organisation, 10 July 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160628235036weblink">weblink 28 June 2016, dead, dmy-all, The major national road bicycle touring event, La Volta als Ports, finish in Arcalís. The race, also known as the Tour of the Andorran Passes or the Andorran Vuelta, was developed during the mid-1970s and has become one of the largest cyclotourism road event in Southern Europe.WEB,weblink 5 reasons to cycle in Andorra, Mike, Walker, Active-Traveller,

Environment

As of October 2020, Ordino is part of the UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.WEB, 2020-10-28, Twenty-five sites join UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves,weblink 2020-12-06, UNESCO, en, WEB, 2020-11-23, Ordino Biosphere Reserve, Andorra,weblink 2020-12-06, UNESCO, en, WEB, La Vall d'Ordino, nomenada Reserva de la Biosfera per la UNESCO — El web de la parròquia d'Ordino,weblink 2020-12-06, www.ordino.ad, ca,

Gallery

File:Ordino e estrada a La Massana. Andorra 23.jpg| Ordino and road to La MassanaFile:Comu d'Ordino.JPG|Ordino Town HallFile:Hotel Casamanya (4).JPG|Noucentist Hotel CasamanyaFile:Vitrall16 1.jpg|National Auditorium Square by Domènec Fita i MolatFile:Vall de Sorteny (Ordino) - 40.jpg|Jacint Verdaguer statueFile:Cal Pal de la Cortinada 1.jpg|Cal Pal de la CortinadaFile:Casa Blanca Segudet Ordino 01.jpg|Casa Blanca de SegudetFile:Casa d'Areny-Plandolit (Ordino) - 2.jpg|Areny-Plandolit Manor HouseFile:Vall de Sorteny (Ordino) - 35.jpg|Casa RossellFile:San Martí de La Cortinada. Andorra 38.jpg|Església de Sant Martí de la CortinadaFile:Església de Sant Serni de Llorts 1.jpg|Old town of LlortsFile:Riu_de_Sorteny_-_2.jpg|Sorteny National ParkFile:Massís del Casamanya - 12.jpg|Massís del CasamanyaFile:Vista dunha granxa baixando desde Coll de Ordino a Canillo. Andorra 310.jpg|Coll d'OrdinoFile:Pont romànic d'Ordino.JPG|Romanesque bridge of OrdinoFile:El Rialb - 20.jpg|El RialbFile:Angonella4.jpg|L'AngonellaFile:Cabalo no alto da Coma. Andorra 298.jpg|La ComaFile:Pic de Font Blanca.jpg|Pic de la Font Blanca

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