Benavente, Spain
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Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Benavente.
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| Coordinates: 42°0′11″N 5°40′27″W / 42.00306°N 5.67417°W | ||
| Country | Spain | |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León | |
| Province | Zamora | |
| Comarca | Benavente y Los Valles | |
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| • Mayor | Luciano Huerga | |
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| • Total | 45.12 km2 (17.42 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) | |
| Population (2009) | ||
| • Total | 19,119 | |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Benaventanos | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Climate | Csb | |
| Website | Official website | |
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Benavente is a municipality in the north of the province of Zamora, in the autonomous community Castile and León of Spain. It has about 20,000 inhabitants.
Located north of the capital on an important communications hub, it was repopulated by King Ferdinand II of León, who also awarded it law-codes (a fuero) in 1167. It was originally known as Malgrat or Malgrado.
Benavente is located in the North of Province of Zamora, in the North-West of Spain. It is 65 km away from Zamora City and 260 km from Madrid and its coordinates are 42° 0' N 5° 41' W.
The adjacent municipalities of Benavente are Villanueva de Azoague, Manganeses de la Polvorosa, Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa, Villabrázaro, San Cristóbal de Entreviñas, Castrogonzalo, Santa Colomba de las Monjas and Arcos de la Polvorosa, all of them belonging to Province of Zamora.
Benavente is connected to the national road network through different roads and highways:
Bus services are provided in the Bus Station by different companies like Alsa, Auto-Res, Empresa Vivas, Linecar or Autocares Julio Fernández. There is a taxi stand in the Bus Station.
Diary services to: A Coruña, Astorga, Algeciras, Asturias (Oviedo-Gijón), Ávila, Badajoz, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cáceres, Cádiz, Cangas de Narcea, Irún, La Bañeza, León, Lugo, Logroño, Málaga, Madrid, Mérida, Ourense, Monforte, Palencia, Plasencia, Ponferrada, Pontevedra, Salamanca, San Fernando, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela, Sevilla, Valladolid, Verín, Vigo, Villablino, Zafra, Zamora and Zaragoza.
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