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Fruiz also known as Fruniz is a town and
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in the province of
Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...
, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern
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Place name

Fruiz is one of the place names of the Basque Country finished in -iz.
Julio Caro Baroja Julio Caro Baroja (13 November 1914 – 18 August 1995) was a Spanish anthropologist, historian, linguist and essayist. He was known for his special interest in Basque culture, Basque history and Basque society. Of Basque ancestry, he was the ...
defended that the names came from a proper name + the Latin suffix ``-icus`` In the Basque area called vasconavarra Caro Baroja considered that -oz,-ez and-iz suffixes applied to the place names in antiquity indicated that the site had been owned by the person whose name was attached to one of those suffixes, being able to trace their origin from the
Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
until the time of the
Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...
. In the case of Frúniz, Julio Caro Baroja proposed that the name could come from a hypothetical ''Furius'' - a Latin word. If it is added the -icus suffix to the Latin word we get the word ''Furicus''. From a very similar latin ''Furunicus'' we could reconstruct the origin of the place-name Frúniz. Furunicus might also be a son of Furious. Fruniz was established as the proper name of the village, and in the early nineteenth century it was changed to Frúniz, after establishing the Royal Spanish Academy in 1763 which forced to use the Spanish accent. However, the name continued developing in the Basque language, losing the intervocalic -n-, a common phenomenon from ancient Basque, which makes the name end up like ''Fruiz''. The current name of the town in Basque is Fruiz while the known name in Spain is Frúniz. In 1994 the city council decided to formalize the Basque form of the name, and since then it has officially been called Fruiz.


History

The origin of Fruniz dates back to the late eighth century, when Fortunio Fruniz won a battle against the Asturian in Asturiazaga, there he ordered to build a solar house. Their lands produced wheat, corn and beans. In 1781 it was established an annual cattle fair, which was held in the chapel of San Lorenzo. Nowadays it is celebrated on the second Sunday of August in the neighborhood of Aldai. The woods afforded good pasture for cattle fattening and abundant timber for the construction.


Festivities

In Fruniz there are four main festivities that are celebrated: *Festivitie - San Salvador On 6 August the "Big Day" of Fruniz is celebrated, "San Salvador". A meal typically called "Herry Bazkari" is typically organized for all the people who want to join whether they are from the village or not. *Agricultural-Livestock Fair Agricultural-Livestock Fair is held the second Sunday of August. *Sallebante / San Lorenzo On 10 August it is celebrated the feast of San Lorenzo in the chapel located in the Barrio Andeko. *San Miguel On 29 September it is celebrated in Barrio Botiola the feast of St. Michael.


2011 municipal elections

Four political parties presented to the candidacy to access the mayor: BILDU, EAJ-PNV, PSE-EE and PP. These were the results obtained: *
EAJ-PNV The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...
: 165 votes (5 councilors) * Bildu: 98 votes (two councilors) * PSE-EE: 5 votes (0 councilors) * People's Party (PP): 5 votes (0 councilors) These results showed that the PNV was the winner.


References


External links


FRUIZ in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Fruiz official webpage - in basque
* Wikipedia: Fruniz Spanish info. {{authority control Municipalities in Biscay