Olite
Olite / Erriberri
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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
. However, this town was not heard of again until five centuries later, when the present-day town was founded and chartered. ThePalacio Real de Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre
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Twin towns - sister cities
| Town | State/Region | Country |
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| Arthez-de-Béarn |  Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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 France
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| Sauveterre-de-Guyenne |  Gironde
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France[2]
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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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olite.
- Olite in Medieval History of Navarre
- Web del Ayuntamiento (in Spanish)
- OLITE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
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