Venta de Baños, Province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain
🇪🇸 Venta de Baños is a small town and municipality located in the Cerrato district of the province of Palencia, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León in central Spain. It lies some 10 km south of the provincial capital, Palencia. Noteworthy monuments include the medieval Church of San Juan Bautista which was believed to be Visigothic.
RENFE (Spanish National Railways) and the Grupo SIRO food-sector company are the main employers in the municipality.
In popular culture and among Spanish railway travellers, Venta de Baños has traditionally had the same sort of iconic status as other great railway junctions of the world, such as Crewe in the UK. Before the advent of dedicated high-speed rail routes and cheaper air travel, it was the principal transfer point for travellers between the north-east and north-west regions of Spain and the south. Generations of railway passengers have memories of the waiting rooms and cafeteria at Venta de Baños.
The town hosts an annual international cross country running competition, the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños, which has featured some of the world's foremost cross country athletes including Kenenisa Bekele and Palencian-born Marta Domínguez.
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Venta de Baños has a population of over 6,400 people. Venta de Baños also forms part of the wider Cerrato District which has a population of over 25,000 people. It is also a part of the larger Palencia Province. Venta de Baños is situated 10 km south of Palencia.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Venta de Baños has links with:
🇫🇷 Coulounieix-Chamiers, France 🇪🇭 Tifariti, Western Sahara🇪🇸 Palafrugell 41.917
🇪🇸 Torremolinos -4.496
🏴 Kilmarnock -4.51
🇪🇸 Benalmádena -4.573
🇪🇸 Fuengirola -4.624
Locations Near: Venta de Baños -4.49405,41.9212
🇪🇸 Palencia -4.539,42.01 d: 10.6
🇪🇸 Valladolid -4.732,41.654 d: 35.7
🇪🇸 Segovia -4.117,40.933 d: 114.3
🇪🇸 León -5.572,42.597 d: 116.2
🇪🇸 Avila -4.683,40.65 d: 142.2
🇪🇸 Chamartín -4.957,40.702 d: 141
🇪🇸 Zamora -5.75,41.483 d: 115.1
🇪🇸 La Bañeza -5.9,42.283 d: 122.8
🇪🇸 Colmenar Viejo -3.75,40.65 d: 154.4
Antipodal to: Venta de Baños 175.506,-41.921
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19919.6
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19922.7
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19922.7
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19921.2
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19906.3
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19911.2
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19840.9
🇳🇿 Whanganui 175.05,-39.932 d: 19790.6