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Errenteria

Municipality in Basque Country, Spain

Errenteria Rentería
Municipality
Errenteria
Panoramic view of Errenteria, from Mount San Marko
Coat of arms
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
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

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

Oiartzun river passing through the Ugarritze district
Fortress of Txoritokieta
View of downtown Orereta

Twin towns

Errenteria is twinned with:

Lousada, Portugal
Tulle, France
Schorndorf, Germany

References

^ 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