Errenteria (Basque: Errenteria/Orereta, Spanish: Rentería) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, in the north of Spain, near the French border. The river Oiartzun cuts its way through the town, one that has undergone severe pollution up to recent times on its lower stage.
Errenteria
Rentería | |
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| Errenteria | |
 Panoramic view of Errenteria, from Mount San Marko | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
  Errenteria Location in Spain  Errenteria Errenteria (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′45.06″N 1°53′55.55″W / 43.3125167°N 1.8987639°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Basque Country |
| Province | Gipuzkoa |
| Eskualdea | Oarsoaldea |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Aizpea Otaegi (EH Bildu) |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 39,355 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Errenteriar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20100 |
| Official language(s) | Basque, Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
History
editThe town was founded in 1320, during the reign of Alfonso XI of Castile, with the name of Villanueva de Oiarso or Oyarço. It soon started to be known as La Rentería[2][3] because it hosted the office where iron export taxes were collected (taxes were called rentas reales i.e. royal rents in medieval Castile).
The Basque form Errenteria (also Errenteri or Errenderi) started to appear towards the end of the 16th century. In 1998, the town hall decided to use Errenteria as the only official name.
In September 1982, Rentería was the scene of the bloodiest ETA attack of that year.
Districts
edit- Agustinak/Agustinas
- Alaberga
- Beraun
- Kaputxinoak/Capuchinos
- Etxe Berriak/Casas Nuevas
- Gaztaño
- Erdialdea/Centro
- Fanderia
- Gabierrota
- Galtzaraborda
- Iztieta
- Lartzabal
- Listorreta
- Olibet–Ugarritze
- Ondartxo
- Perurena
- Pontika
- Zamalbide
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Oiartzun river passing through the Ugarritze district -
Fortress of Txoritokieta -
View of downtown Orereta
Twin towns
editErrenteria is twinned with:
Lousada, Portugal
Tulle, France
Schorndorf, Germany
References
edit- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ http://www.ondarea-errenteria.net/fitxategiak/liburu_osoa.pdf Toponimía de Rentería. Ayuntamiento de Rentería.
- ^ http://www.errenteria.net/es/ficheros/41_10745es.pdf Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Rentería a Inicios de la Edad Moderna (1495-1544). Iago Irijoa Cortés, David Martín Sánchez
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish and Basque)
- ERRENTERIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
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