Errenteria (, ) is a town located in the province of

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) 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 department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

in the

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, in the north of

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, near the French border. The river

Oiartzun Oiartzun (, ) is a town and municipality located in the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa lying at the foot of the massif Aiako Harria (Peñas de Aya in Spanish). Etymology The name traces back to ''Oiasso'' or ''Oiarso'', a Roman to ...

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 Year 1320 ( MCCCXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January – March * January 5 – Henry III, Count of Gorizia, arrives in Padua as the Imperial Vicar with a large army, promising protection t ...

, during the reign of

Alfonso XI of Castile Alfonso XI (11 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 ...

, 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'' 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_ibaia_Ugarritze_parean.jpg,

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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, Portugal *

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, France *

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, Germany

References

External links

Official website

ERRENTERIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Gipuzkoa Donostialdea {{basqueCountry-geo-stub