• Source: Errenteria

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 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:

Lousada, Portugal
Tulle, France
Schorndorf, Germany




References






External links


Official website (in Spanish and Basque)
ERRENTERIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Tangan Irulegi
• Daftar munisipalitas di Gipuzkoa
• Errenteria
• Renteria
• Félix Lavilla
• Oiartzualdea
• Gipuzkoa
• Errenteria station
• Aatxe
• In the Company of Women
• Leire Martínez
• Oiartzun (river)