Errenteria
Errenteria
Orereta/Errenteria Rentería | |
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| Panoramic view of Errenteria, from Mount San Marko Panoramic view of Errenteria, from Mount San Marko | |
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Coat of arms of Errenteria Coat of arms | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Autonomous community | File:Flag of the Basque Country.svg Basque Country |
| Province | Gipuzkoa |
| Eskualdea | Oarsoaldea |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Aizpea Otaegi (EH Bildu) |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi) |
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| Demonym | Errenteriar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20100 |
| Official language(s) | Basque, Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
Errenteria (Basque: Errenteria, 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.
History
[edit | edit source]The 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[1][2] 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 | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Errenteria is twinned with:
- Portugal Lousada, Portugal
- France Tulle, France
Schorndorf, Germany
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Article title 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 | edit source]- Official website (in Spanish and Basque)
- ERRENTERIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
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