Country Spain Comarca Benavente y Los Valles Demonym(s) Benaventanos Area 45.12 km² Province Province of Zamora | Autonomous community Castile and León Elevation 800 m (2,600 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 18,879 (2014) Local time Thursday 10:05 PM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
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.
Contents
- Map of Benavente Zamora Spain
- Location
- Roads and Highways
- Bus Services
- National lines
- International lines
- Regional lines
- Local Service
- Taxi
- Main sight
- Events
- Hotels
- Hostels
- Climate
- Twin towns sister cities
- Notable people
- Language
- Cinemas and theatres
- References
Map of Benavente, Zamora, Spain
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.
Location
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.
Roads and Highways
Benavente is connected to the national road network through different roads and highways:
Bus Services
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.
National lines
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.
International lines
Regional lines
Local Service
Senior citizens have a free urban bus service.
Taxi
The town has several taxi stands, one of them in the Bus Station.
Main sight
Events
Hotels
Hostels
Climate
It is characterized as a Mediterranean climate with continental characteristics as with the altitude of the municipality and its distance to the sea. However, the amount of the winter frosts is lifted, taking place even in spring, with the consequential damage to some of the local agriculture.
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
Language
Regional speech is influenced by Leonese language.