Benavente, Zamora
Benavente | |
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Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Benavente. | |
Location of Benavente | |
| 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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luciano Huerga |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.12 km2 (17.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 17,468 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Benaventanos |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | Official website |
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Benavente is a town and 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.