Olite

ERRIBERRI

Erriberri (Basque)
Olite (Spanish)
ERRIBERRI Erriberri (Basque); ; Olite (Spanish)
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	ERRIBERRI Location of Olite within iberian peninsula/navarre ERRIBERRI ERRIBERRI (Navarre)
	Coordinates: 42°29′15″N 1°39′45″W / 42.48750°N 1.66250°W
Country	Basque Country
Autonomous Community	Navarre
Merindad	Olite
Comarca	Tafalla
Mancomunidad	Mairaga
Municipality	Erriberri/Olite
Government
• Mayor	Andoni Lakarra (Agrupemos Olite - Erriberri Elkartu)
Area
• Total	83.20 km2 (32.12 sq mi)
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	3,931
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	erriberritar; olitense/olitejo(a);
Website	http://www.olite.es

Erriberri (Olite in spanish) is a town and municipality located in the Tafalla comarca, Erriberri merindad, in Navarre, Basque Country.

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 native Vascones people. However, this town was not heard of again until five centuries later, when the present-day town was founded and chartered. The Royal palace of Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre.

Town	State/Region	Country
Arthez-de-Béarn	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	France
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne	Gironde	France^[2]

Blanche II of Navarre (1424–1464), titular queen of Navarre
Eleanor of Navarre (1426–1479), queen of Navarre
Justo Garrán Moso (1867–1942), Traditionalist politician
Jesús García Leoz (1904–1953), Spanish composer
Mariano Cañardo (1906–1987), Spanish cyclist
Félix Ruiz Gabari (1940–1993), Spanish footballer
Rafael Carlos Pérez González (born 1948), Spanish footballer

ERRIBERRI Erriberri (Basque) Olite (Spanish)
Municipality

Flag Coat of arms
ERRIBERRI Location of Olite within iberian peninsula/navarre Show map of Spain ERRIBERRI ERRIBERRI (Navarre) Show map of Navarre
Coordinates: 42°29′15″N 1°39′45″W / 42.48750°N 1.66250°W / 42.48750; -1.66250
Country	Basque Country
Autonomous Community	Navarre
Merindad	Olite
Comarca	Tafalla
Mancomunidad	Mairaga
Municipality	Erriberri/Olite
Government
• Mayor	Andoni Lakarra (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)	erriberritar; olitense/olitejo(a);
Website	http://www.olite.es