La Bañeza, Province of León, Castile and León, Spain
🇪🇸 La Bañeza is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. 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.
Madrid Time
La Bañeza has a population of over 11,050 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities La Bañeza has links with:
🇫🇷 Gennevilliers, France🇺🇸 Libertyville 42.284
🇺🇸 Dorchester 42.317
🇧🇬 Kyustendil 42.283
🇺🇸 Framingham 42.267
🇮🇪 Castlereagh -5.856
🇪🇸 Don Benito -5.85
🇪🇸 Alcalá de Guadaíra -5.85
🇮🇪 Downpatrick -5.703
🇲🇦 Ksar El Kebir -5.9
🇲🇦 El-Ksar el-Kebir -5.9
🇪🇸 Medina-Sidonia -5.917
🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas -5.928
🇮🇪 Newtownabbey -5.953
Locations Near: La Bañeza -5.9,42.2833
🇪🇸 Zamora -5.75,41.483 d: 89.8
🇪🇸 Ponferrada -6.75,42.667 d: 81.7
🇵🇹 Bragança -6.759,41.807 d: 88.5
🇪🇸 Oviedo -5.848,43.363 d: 120.1
🇪🇸 Avilés -5.921,43.559 d: 141.8
🇪🇸 Valladolid -4.732,41.654 d: 119.2
Antipodal to: La Bañeza 174.1,-42.283
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19890.9
🇳🇿 Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 19883.6
🇳🇿 Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19885
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19878.5
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19878.5
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19873
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19864.9
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19832.3
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19817.9
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19766.5