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La Bañeza is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 11,050 inhabitants.
It is the capital of the region of Tierra de La Bañeza.
Located in a region originally inhabited by the Astures population its territory was a part of Conventus Asturum during the Roman times. The city was founded in the 9th century by conde Gatón from two small villages San Pedro de Périx and Bani Eiza. La Bañeza hosted a marquis in the modern age and, in the end of the 19th century, was transformed by the arrival of the railroad in 1896. A year earlier, in 1895, Queen Regent Maria Christina of Austria gives the title of city.
Tourist attractions include the churches of San Salvador and Santa María, as well as several celebrations during the year, of which some of the more important are the Carnivals, Holy Week, and the motorbike race in August, the La Bañeza Grand Prix, one of the last urban motor-races in the world.
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| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for La Bañeza · 488 leases | €360/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for La Bañeza | €369/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of León | €1,087/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for La Bañeza | €29,102/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 9 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.793/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 9 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.865/litre |
Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.
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