Olite

Olite (Erriberri in Basque language) is a town and municipality located in the Comarca de Tafalla comarca, Merindad de Olite merindad, in Navarre, Spain.

Olite / Erriberri Olite (Spanish) Erriberri (Basque)
Municipality
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Olite / Erriberri Location of Olite within Spain / Navarre Olite / Erriberri Olite / Erriberri (Navarre)
Coordinates: 42°29′15″N 1°39′45″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 km^2 (32.12 sq mi)
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	3,931
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	olitense; olitejo (a); erriberritar
Website	www.olite.es

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
Arthez-de-Béarn	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	France
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne	Gironde	France[2]

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. "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.

External links

• Olite in Medieval History of Navarre
• Web del Ayuntamiento (in Spanish)
• OLITE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)