Tolosa (Basque Country)

Tolosa municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country
Province :	Gipuzkoa
Coordinates	43 ° 8 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 8 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W
Height :	75  msnm
Area :	37.39 km²
Residents :	19,667 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	526 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	20400
Municipality number  ( INE ):	20071
administration
Website :	www.tolosakoudala.net
Location of the municipality

Tolosa is a municipality in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa in northern Spain .

geography

Tolosa on the Oria

Tolosa is located 25 km south of San Sebastián inland, in the Oria valley at 80 m above sea level . The surrounding area is mountainous with peaks over 1,000 m high.

The climate is maritime with annual rainfall of more than 1,500 mm.

Origin of name

The toponym Tolosa is derived from a root in a pre-Indo-European language , Illyro - Ligurian , tol , toll , tul or tull , which means hill. The same root is the origin of many other toponyms such as Toledo and the French Toulon .

history

Tolosa came under the rule of Castile in 1200 . 1256 granted Alfonso X of Castile the place the city charter and special rights ( fueros ) that out far beyond those of the neighboring provinces. Alfonso X. gave the city the name based on the Occitan and Latin name of the city of Toulouse . In the Middle Ages, Tolosa was an important customs post (" puerto seco ") for the exchange of goods between the ports on the coast, in particular San Sebastián and Getaria and the neighboring kingdom of Navarre . The place only lost its function as a customs office for foreign trade in 1841, when Spain moved the customs offices directly to the state border and the trading ports.

During the Pyrenees War , the city was captured by French troops in 1794 and again later under Napoleon . Guerrilla activities took place in the Tolosa area during the War of Independence .

From 1854 to 1856 Tolosa was the capital of the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, until the city of San Sebastián took over this function.

Culture

Tolosa black beans

Tolosa is known for its black beans ( Spanish alubias de Tolosa , Basque Tolosako babarrunak ), for its waffles (Tejas de Tolosa) and for its carnival .

Every year in the week of All Saints' Day the international choir competition of Tolosa ( Basque Tolosako Abesbatza Lehiaketak ) takes place there, in 2008 for the 40th time.

Economy and Transport

Companies in the paper, metal and electrical industries are based in Tolosa. Furthermore, the Elósegui company has been producing berets since 1859 .

The city is located directly on the National Road I (NI) from Madrid to Irun .

sons and daughters of the town

• Martín de Gaztelu (* approx. 1535), State Secretary of Charles V.
• Periko Alonso (* 1953), soccer player and coach
• Enrique Ugarte (* 1957), musician and conductor
• Ainhoa ​​Arteta (* 1964), opera singer
• Edurne Pasaban (* 1973), mountaineer
• Mikel Alonso (* 1980), football player
• Gari Uranga (* 1980), football player
• Xabi Alonso (* 1981), soccer player
• Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (* 1992), tennis player

Web links

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

• Official website of the city (Basque, Spanish)
• Information about the city (Basque, Spanish)
• Information and data about the city at EuskoMedia (Basque, Spanish)
• Tourist information, here also the program of the choir competition (English, Basque, Spanish)

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. ↑ VV.AA., 2000, Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia. TOMO CXCVII. NÚMERO I., pp. 45–46 [1]

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