Orio (Basque Country)

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Orio municipality
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Orio coat of arms
Orio (Basque Country) (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Basque Country
Province : Gipuzkoa
Comarca : Urola Costa
Coordinates 43 ° 17 ′  N , 2 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′  N , 2 ° 8 ′  W
Height : 1  msnm
Area : 9.81 km²
Residents : 6,022 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 613.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 20810
Municipality number  ( INE ): 20061
administration
Official language : Basque, Spanish
Website : www.orio.eus/es
View from the north to the center of Orio
Orio's whale

Orio is a fishing village in the province of Gipuzkoa in the autonomous region of Basque Country in northern Spain . The town center lies on the Oria River , a good kilometer from its confluence with the Bay of Biscay . Orio is known as the cradle of some outstanding Basque artists (such as Jorge Oteiza or Benito Lertxundi ) and for its great rowing tradition . In 2016 Orio had 5851 inhabitants.

history

Initially, the place was just a parish consecrated to St. Nicholas and nothing is known about the inhabitants. It was first recorded on a map of the area of ​​the city of San Sebastián in 1180 and from then on it was initially a port village with few inhabitants or significance belonging to the jurisdiction of San Sebastián. Due to its location on the Way of St. James and as a suitable place to cross the Oria, the settlement then gained in importance. To strengthen this coastal town and its ironworks and castles , King John I of Castile granted the right on July 12, 1379 to found the city with the name of Villarreal de San Nicolás de Orio . Historically, Orio was a sea and fishing community with a long history of whaling . Nowadays it is increasingly turning to tourism.

The place is on the coastline of the Euskotren railway , on the national road N-634 and the A-8 motorway.

Every five years, the Balearic Eguna Festival commemorates the capture of the last whale before Orio (1901). This event is also the subject of a folk poem that was later popularized by the songwriter Benito Lertxundi .

Web links

  • Community website. Retrieved January 8, 2017 (Spanish).
  • Ainhoa ​​Arozamena Ayala, Rafael Aguirre Franco and Raquel Cilla López: ORIO . In: Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) . 2011 (Spanish, euskomedia.org [accessed January 8, 2017]).

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).
  2. ↑ Ainhoa ​​Arozamena Ayala, Rafael Aguirre Franco and Raquel Cilla López: Orio. In: Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa). Retrieved January 8, 2017 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Fiestas y ambience. Orio Tourist Office, accessed April 22, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Jose Luis Miranda Ansorena: La Música y el Mar . In: Itsas Memoria . tape 6 . Untzi Museoa - Museo Naval; Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, Donostia-San Sebastián 2009, p. 474 (Spanish, gipuzkoakultura.net [PDF; accessed January 8, 2017]).