Oláibar (Basque: Olaibar) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. In 2016, it had a population of 334.
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Origins
Oláibar significa en lengua vasca ‘valle de la cabaña o de la ferrería’, de ola (‘cabaña, ferrería’) + ibar (‘vega’). Puede ser que su significado etimológico sea este, o bien que haya surgido de forma indirecta del nombre de su capital, Olave.
Oláibar figuraba en la Edad Media bajo la denominación de Valle de Olave, siendo Olave la tradicional capital del mismo, pero con el paso de los años el valle terminó siendo conocido como Oláibar. El nombre de su capital, Olave proviene de ola be(he) que significa ‘bajo la cabaña o la ferrería’. No hay restos de la ferrería que le pudo dar nombre; Ola es una palabra vasca que significa ferrería en sentido restringido, pero cabaña o majada en un sentido más amplio, por lo que en este caso pudo tener origen en este segundo significado.
A pesar de que figurase en los registros escritos como valle de Olave, dado que el valle perteneció hasta el siglo XX al área vascoparlante de Navarra, no es nada descabellado pensar que su nombre más común fuese en lengua vasca, Olabe ibar (valle de Olave), que pudo originar el actual nombre del valle de la siguiente manera: Olabe ibar > Olabibar > Olaibar. Ahora bien, también su origen pudo ser directamente Ola ibar > Olaibar.
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Oláibar (Basque: Olaibar) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. In 2016, it had a population of 334.
Monuments
•Alixeto
•Fosa de Olabe
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Festivals
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Trails and hiking
•Camino Francés - 01 (186 km)
•Iruñerriko itzulia (GR 220, 151 km)
•Baztango Donejakue bidea (105 km)
•1938ko Ezkabako Ihesa (GR 225, 53 km)
•Paseo del Ulzama
•Argako Ibai-pasealekua
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How to get there
- 🚗 12 km from Pamplona/Iruña (about 8 min by car)
- 🚗 70 km from Donostia/San Sebastián (about 49 min by car)
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- ✈️ 18 km from Pamplona airport (about 13 min by car)
- ✈️ 67 km from San Sebastián airport (about 47 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.8 km away
- Where to park · 1.7 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Caja Rural · 7.1 km away
- Caixabank · 7.2 km away
- Laboral Kutxa · 7.2 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Repsol · 0.7 km away
- Avia · 4 km away
- Nearest petrol station · 4.6 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- GR 225 · 1.1 km away
- Tourist office · 1.6 km away
- Tourist office · 2.1 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Playa fluvial · 4.8 km away
Buses
5 paradas de autobús en el municipio:
•Enderiz
•Osacain
•Olave
•Ostiz
•Sorauren II
Pharmacy and health
•Mentalia Salud — Carretera Irun 3
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