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Olite / Erriberri
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Coordinates: 42°29′15″N 1°39′45″W / 42.48750°N 1.66250°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous Community | Navarre |
Merindad | Merindad de Olite |
Comarca | Comarca de Tafalla |
Mancomunidad | Mairaga |
Municipality | Olite/Erriberri |
Government | |
• Mayor | Andoni Lacarra (Agrupemos Olite - Erriberri Elkartu) |
Area | |
• Total | 83.20 km2 (32.12 sq mi) |
Elevation | 388 m (1,273 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 3,931 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | olitense; olitejo (a); erriberritar |
Website | www.olite.es |
Olite (Erriberri in Basque language) is a town and municipality located in the Comarca de Tafalla comarca, Merindad de Olite merindad, in Navarre, Spain.
History
According to Isidore of Seville's Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, the town of Oligicus was founded by Swinthila, Visigothic King of Hispania (621-631) in order to control and punish the Vascones. However, this town was not heard of again until five centuries later, when the present-day town was founded and chartered. The Palacio Real de Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre.
Twin towns - sister cities
Town | State/Region | Country |
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Arthez-de-Béarn | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | France |
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne | Gironde | France[2] |
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Olite and Sauveterre make contact again" the two towns are twinned since July 31, 1988. olite.com.es Archived September 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Alejandro Díez. Olite, historia de un reino. Gráficas Lizarra. 1984.
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