Errenteria Facts for Kids

"Rentería" redirects here. For the football (soccer) player, see Wason Rentería.

"Rentería" redirects here. For the baseball player, see Édgar Rentería.

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Errenteria

Rentería

Municipality

Errenteria

Panoramic view of Errenteria, from Mount San Marko

Coat of arms

Errenteria

Location in Basque Country

Errenteria

Location in Spain

Spain

Eskualdea

Oarsoaldea

Area

• Total

32.26 km² (12.46 sq mi)

Population

(2018)

• Total

39,355

• Density

1,219.93/km² (3,159.6/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Errenteriar

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postal code

20100

Official language(s)

Basque, Spanish

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
Districts
Twin towns
See also

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.