Olite

Olite parish
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Province :	Navarre
Comarca :	Tafalla
Coordinates	42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 39 ′  W
Height :	388  msnm
Area :	83.20 km²
Residents :	3,946 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	47.43 inhabitants / km²
Founding:	at 625
Postal code :	31390
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31191
administration
Mayor :	Carmen Ochoa Carnela, PSN-PSOE
Website :	www.olite.es

Olite ( Basque Erriberri ) is a town in the Comunidad Foral Navarra in northern Spain . It is 42 km south of Pamplona and 50 km north of Tudela .

Neighboring municipalities to Olite are: Tafalla , San Martín de Unx , Beire , Pitillas , Murillo el Cuende , Caparroso , Marcilla and Falces .

history

According to Isidore of Seville (560–636) ( Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum ), the Oligicus settlement was founded by the Visigoth king Suinthila (621–631). In fact, walls of a 1st century settlement were excavated on which Olite was later founded. In 1147 Olite received the first statute, the Fuero de los francos de Estella . In 1266 the city was allowed 15 market days per year. In the same year Olite became the meeting place of the Navarre Cortes . At the beginning of the 15th century the Gothic Palacio Real de Olite was built, the residence of King Charles III. of Navarre (1361-1425). With the end of Navarre's independence, the city's heyday also ended.

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Attractions

• San Pedro, Romanesque church
• Santa María la Real, Gothic church (15th century)
• Palacio Real de Olite

literature

• Alejandro Díez: Olite, historia de un reino . Gráficas Lizarra, 1984.

Web links

Commons : Olite  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).