Olite / Erriberri | |
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Coordinates: 42°29′15″N1°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.
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.
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Arthez-de-Béarn | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | France |
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