Errenteria
Rentería
Municipality
Errenteria
Panoramic view of Errenteria, from Mount San Marko
Panoramic view of Errenteria, from Mount San Marko
Coat of arms of Errenteria
Coat of arms
Errenteria is located in the Basque Country
Errenteria
Errenteria
Location in Spain
Errenteria is located in Spain
Errenteria
Errenteria
Errenteria (Spain)
Coordinates: 43°18′45.06″N 1°53′55.55″W / 43.3125167°N 1.8987639°W / 43.3125167; -1.8987639
Country Spain
Autonomous community Basque Country
ProvinceGipuzkoa
EskualdeaOarsoaldea
Government
 • MayorAizpea Otaegi (EH Bildu)
Area
 • Total32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total39,355
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
DemonymErrenteriar
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
20100
Official language(s)Basque, Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website

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.

History

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[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

  • 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

Twin towns

Errenteria is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ↑ http://www.ondarea-errenteria.net/fitxategiak/liburu_osoa.pdf Toponimía de Rentería. Ayuntamiento de Rentería.
  3. ↑ 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
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