Errenteria ( eu, Errenteria/Orereta, es, Rentería) is a town located in the province of
Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...
in the
Basque Autonomous Community
The Basque Country (; eu, Euskadi ; es, País Vasco ), also called Basque Autonomous Community ( eu, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa, links=no, EAE; es, Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, links=no, CAPV), is an autonomous community of Spain. It ...
, in the north of
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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, 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
The town was founded in
1320, during the reign of
Alfonso XI of Castile
Alfonso XI (13 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes en ...
, with the name of ''Villanueva de Oiarso'' or ''Oyarço''. It soon started to be known as ''La Rentería''
[http://www.errenteria.net/es/ficheros/41_10745es.pdf Rentería a Inicios de la Edad Moderna (1495-1544). Iago Irijoa Cortés, David Martín Sánchez] 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'' o ''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
*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
Oiartzun_ibaia_Ugarritze_parean.jpg, Oiartzun river passing through the Ugarritze district
Txoritokieta gotorleku 007.JPG, Fortress of Txoritokieta
Orereta 2007ko abendua.JPG, View of downtown Orereta
Twin towns
Errenteria is
twinned with:
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Lousada
Lousada () is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, in an area of 96.08 km².
It includes the site of Ancient Magnetum (Portuguese Magneto), in the civil parish Meinedo, which ...
, Portugal
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Tulle
Tulle (; ) is a commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the department of Corrèze, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Tulle is also the episcopal see of the Roman Catho ...
, France
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Schorndorf
Schorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located approximately 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its train station is the terminus of the S2 line of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.
The town is also sometimes referred to as ' (''The Daimler Town ...
, Germany
References
External links
Official website
ERRENTERIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Gipuzkoa
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