What is the historical significance of Olite?

Olite served as the capital of the historic Merindade of Olite, one of the traditional administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Navarre. The town is notable for its Castle of Olite (Castillo de Olite), a medieval fortress that was the residence of the Navarran monarchs and represents one of the most significant examples of Navarran medieval architecture.

What language is spoken in Olite?

The municipality has two official names: Olite in Spanish and Erriberri in Basque. The Basque demonym is erriterritar, while Spanish demonyms include olitense and olitejo. The town appears in Wikipedia in numerous languages including Basque (eu), Spanish (es), English (en), French (fr), German (de), and many others.

What is the population trend of Olite?

The population has grown from 2,662 in 1900 to 4,069 in 2025, showing steady growth over the past century. The population exceeded 3,000 in the late 1990s and has continued to increase, reaching over 4,000 by 2020. Historical census data shows population peaks and valleys corresponding to broader demographic shifts in rural Navarre.

What are the neighboring municipalities of Olite?

Olite shares borders with eight municipalities: Tafalla to the north, Falces to the east, Marcilla and Caparroso to the southeast, Murillo El Cuende and Pitillas to the south, Beire to the southwest, and San Martín de Unx to the west.

What administrative identifiers does Olite have?

Olite has multiple administrative reference codes: INE code 31191, Geonames ID 6359739, OpenStreetMap relation ID 345307, VIAF ID 167428567, GND ID 4478464-8, Library of Congress authority ID n80113607, and WorldCat Entities ID E39PBJjHfdGppBHBgvmqRFmrv3.

Olite/Erriberri

town and municipality located in Navarre, Spain

Organization municipality_of_spain Q837062

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Olite/Erriberri

Summary

Olite/Erriberri is a municipality of Spain^[1]. Olite/Erriberri ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

Olite/Erriberri is located in Navarre^[3].
Olite/Erriberri is located in Merindade of Olite^[4].
Olite/Erriberri is located in Zona Media^[5].
Olite/Erriberri is in the country of Spain^[6].
Olite/Erriberri's head of government is recorded as Francisco Javier Legaz Egea^[7].
Olite/Erriberri's image is recorded as WLM14ES - Castle of Olite -Castillo de Olite - Multimaniaco.jpg^[8].
Olite/Erriberri's continent is recorded as Europe^[9].
Olite/Erriberri's instance of is recorded as municipality of Spain^[10].
Olite/Erriberri's instance of is recorded as city^[11].
Olite/Erriberri's flag image is recorded as Bandera de Olite.svg^[12].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as Tafalla^[13].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as Falces^[14].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as Marcilla^[15].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as Caparroso^[16].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as Murillo El Cuende^[17].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as Pitillas^[18].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as Beire^[19].
Olite/Erriberri's shares border with is recorded as San Martín de Unx^[20].
Olite/Erriberri's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de Olite.svg^[21].
Olite/Erriberri's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167428567^[22].
Olite/Erriberri's GND ID is recorded as 4478464-8^[23].
Olite/Erriberri's locator map image is recorded as Navarra - Mapa municipal Olite.svg^[24].
Olite/Erriberri's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80113607^[25].
Olite/Erriberri's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12021696m^[26].
Olite/Erriberri's postal code is recorded as 31390^[27].

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Identity

Part of include Q107553793^[28]; Q107553814^[29]; and Mixed Zone of Navarre^[30], a language area^[31], in Spain^[32].

Why It Matters

Olite/Erriberri ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).^[2] Olite/Erriberri has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Olite/Erriberri is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

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Quick Facts

Instance of municipality of Spain, city

Country Spain

Official website www.olite.es

Country Spain

Website www.olite.es

Located in Navarre, Merindade of Olite, Zona Media

Population 3.1k (2.6k–4.1k, n=39)

Instance of municipality of Spain, city

Part of Q107553793, Q107553814, Mixed Zone of Navarre

Coordinate location lat: 42.44574826, lon: -1.679611308, lat: 42.48080536100284, lon: -1.650091089845469

Capital of Merindade of Olite

Properties

Archinform location id 1728

Area unit: square kilometre, amount: 83.20

Area unit: Q712226, amount: +83.20

Bibliothèque nationale de france id 12021696m

Brockhaus enzyklopädie online id olite

Capital of Merindade of Olite

Coat of arms image commons.wikimedia.org

Continent Europe

Coordinates lat: 42.44574826, lon: -1.679611308, lat: 42.48080536100284, lon: -1.650091089845469

Demonym erriberritar, olitense, olitense, olitejo

Demonym lang: eu, text: erriberritar, lang: it, text: olitense, lang: es, text: olitense, lang: es, text: olitejo

Digital atlas of the roman empire id 33757

Elevation above sea level unit: metre, amount: 388

Elevation above sea level unit: Q11573, amount: +388

Factgrid item id Franz Rautek

Female population 1945

Female population amount: +1945

Flag image commons.wikimedia.org

Freebase id /m/08d3p0

Geonames id 6359739

Gnd id 4478464-8

Gran enciclopèdia catalana id olite

Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme) 0047086

Great encyclopedia of navarre id 15551

Head of government Francisco Javier Legaz Egea

Ine code 31191

Inspire id ES.IGN.BDDAE.34153131191

Library of congress authority id n80113607

Licence plate code NA

Located in the administrative territorial entity Navarre, Merindade of Olite, Zona Media

Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Locator map image commons.wikimedia.org

Male population 2001

Male population amount: +2001

National library of israel j9u id 987007557338905171

Native label Erriberri

Native label lang: eu, text: Erriberri

Office held by head of government mayor of Olite

Official name Olite, Erriberri

Official name lang: es, text: Olite, lang: eu, text: Erriberri

Openstreetmap relation id 345307

Part of Q107553793, Q107553814, Mixed Zone of Navarre

Population amount: +3875, amount: +3832, amount: +3750, amount: +3722, amount: +3650, amount: +3607, amount: +3509, amount: +3494, amount: +3435, amount: +3356, amount: +3244, amount: +3183, amount: +3886, amount: +3907, amount: +3915, amount: +3927, amount: +3931, amount: +3946, amount: +3981, amount: +3998, amount: +3265, amount: +3980, amount: +4019, amount: +4087, amount: +4069, amount: +3049, amount: +2829, amount: +2922, amount: +2981, amount: +2949, amount: +2918, amount: +2785, amount: +2876, amount: +2634, amount: +2662, amount: +3130, amount: +3101, amount: +3109, amount: +3106

Postal code 31390

Sbn place id CAGL003142

Shares border with Tafalla, Falces, Marcilla, Caparroso, Murillo El Cuende, Pitillas, Beire, San Martín de Unx

Snarc id Vonges

Timezone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

Topic's main category Category:Olite

Viaf id 167428567

Who's on first id 101774795

Worldcat entities id E39PBJjHfdGppBHBgvmqRFmrv3

‎yale lux id place/48313d5c-1d05-4b72-be2c-7b33f2943df9

External References (22)

Archinform location id 1728

Bibliothèque nationale de france id 12021696m

Brockhaus enzyklopädie online id olite

Digital atlas of the roman empire id 33757

Factgrid item id Franz Rautek

Freebase id /m/08d3p0

Geonames id 6359739

Gnd id 4478464-8

Gran enciclopèdia catalana id olite

Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme) 0047086

Great encyclopedia of navarre id 15551

Ine code 31191

Inspire id ES.IGN.BDDAE.34153131191

Library of congress authority id n80113607

National library of israel j9u id 987007557338905171

Openstreetmap relation id 345307

Sbn place id CAGL003142

Snarc id Vonges

Viaf cluster id 167428567

Who's on first id 101774795

Worldcat entities id E39PBJjHfdGppBHBgvmqRFmrv3

Yale lux id place/48313d5c-1d05-4b72-be2c-7b33f2943df9

🌐 Available in 17 languages

enOlite deOlite esOlite faاولیت frOlite huOlite itOlite jaオリテ msOlite nlOlite plOlite ptOlite ruОлите svOlite ukОліте viOlite zh奥利特

🏷️ Also known as

en Erriberri en Olite de Erriberri el Ερριμπέρρι es Erriberri es Erri berri es Erri-berri fr Erriberri fr Olite it Erriberri ja オリーテ pt Erriberri

🔗 Connections

Shares border with 8

Tafalla, Beire, Falces, Marcilla, Caparroso, Pitillas, San Martín de Unx, Murillo El Cuende

← Shares border with 8

Tafalla, Beire, Falces, Marcilla, Caparroso, Pitillas, San Martín de Unx, Murillo El Cuende

People born here 7

Blanche II of Navarre, Leonor I of Navarre, Marañón, Félix Ruiz, Mariano Cañardo, Jesús García Leoz, Julián Vergara

People who died here 6

Charles III of Navarre, Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre, Agnes of Cleves, Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche, Charles of Beaumont, Lancelot de Navarre

Contained subdivisions 2

Royal Palace of Olite, Erriberri/Olite railway station

Instance of 2

city, municipality of Spain

Located in the administrative territorial entity 2

Navarre, Merindade of Olite

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

← Category combines topics 2

Category:People from Olite, Category:Deaths in Olite

Capital of 1

Merindade of Olite

Category for people who died here 1

Category:Deaths in Olite

Category of associated people 1

Category:People from Olite

Continent 1

Europe

Country 1

Spain

Factgrid item id 1

Franz Rautek

Snarc id 1

Vonges

Topic's main category 1

Category:Olite

← Capital 1

Merindade of Olite

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Olite

← Headquarters location 1

Navarra

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