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Benavente

Town

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.

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Village information

Province: Zamora
Autonomous community: Castilla y León
Population (INE 2025): 17,309
Altitude: 723 m

Area (IGN): 44.8 km²
Postcode: 49600
Demonym: benaventano

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