| Errenteria | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Basque: Errenteria |
| Other Name: | Spanish; Castilian: Rentería |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Basque Country#Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gipuzkoa |
| Subdivision Type3: | Eskualdea |
| Subdivision Name3: | Oarsoaldea |
| Coordinates: | 43.3125°N -1.8988°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 32.26 |
| Population Demonym: | Errenteriar |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Basque, Spanish |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 20100 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Aizpea Otaegi |
| Leader Party: | EH Bildu |
Errenteria (Basque: Errenteria/Orereta, Spanish; Castilian: Rentería) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, in the north of Spain, near the French border. The river Oiartzun cuts its way through the town, one that has undergone severe pollution up to recent times on its lower stage.
The town was founded in 1320, during the reign of Alfonso XI of Castile, with the name of Villanueva de Oiarso or Oyarço. It soon started to be known as La Rentería[1] [2] because it hosted the office where iron export taxes were collected (taxes were called rentas reales i.e. royal rents in medieval Castile).
The Basque form Errenteria (also Errenteri or Errenderi) started to appear towards the end of the 16th century. In 1998, the town hall decided to use Errenteria as the only official name.
In September 1982, Rentería was the scene of the bloodiest ETA attack of that year.
Errenteria is twinned with:
Tulle, France