Olite

Olite / Erriberri Olite (Spanish) Erriberri (Basque)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
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 km2 (32.12 sq mi)
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)
• Total	4,069
• Density	48.91/km2 (126.7/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	erriberritar; olitense/olitejo(a);
Website	http://www.olite.es

Olite / Erriberri, officially Olite/Eriberri (in Spanish and Basque) is a town and municipality located in the Tafalla comarca, Erriberri merindad, in Navarre, Spain.

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.

Twin towns – sister cities

Town	State/Region	Country
Arthez-de-Béarn	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	France
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne	Gironde	France

Notable people

• 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

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)