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. 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. Transport Roads and Highways Benavente is connected to the national road network through different roads and highways: · Autovía Ruta de la Plata: Gijón - Oviedo - Mieres - Puerto Pajares - León - Benavente - Zamora - Salamanca - Béjar - Plasencia - Cáceres - Mérida - Sevilla. · Autovía del Noroeste. Madrid - Benavente - Lugo - A Coruña - Arteixo · Autovía de las Rías Bajas. Benavente - Sanabria - Verín - Ourense - Vigo . · Palencia-Benavente. 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 Daily 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 Switzerland Germany Belgium Holland France - (París) France (Lyon - Grenoble) Andorra Regional lines Alcubilla de Nogales Alija del Infantado Arcos de la Polvorosa Ayoo de Vidriales Camarzana de Tera Carracedo - 13:00 Cubo de Benavente Ferreras de Abajo Milles de la Polvorosa Molezuelas Mozar Puebla de Sanabria Pueblica de Valverde Santa Colomba de las Monjas Santibáñez de Vidriales Tábara Uña de Quintana Valle del Tera Valderas Villafáfila Villalpando Villanueva de Azoague Villarrín de Campos Local Service Senior citizens have a free urban bus service. Taxi The