Bétera () is a

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in the ''comarca'' of

Camp de Túria Camp may refer to: Areas of confinement, imprisonment, or for execution * Concentration camp, an internment camp for political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or minority ethnic groups * Extermination ...

in the

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, Spain. With 23,647 inhabitants, it is the second most populous town in the Camp de Túria shire (INE 2018), in the second zone of the

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metropolitan area.

Geography

Bétera is situated on the southern slopes of the

Serra Calderona Serra Calderona (; ), often referred to as La Calderona is a long mountain range in the Camp de Túria, Horta Nord and Alt Palància comarcas of the Valencian Community, between the provinces of Castellón Province, Castelló and Valencia Provinc ...

, 15 km from Valencia and 23 km from the Mediterranean Sea on the border with the Valencian "market garden", L'Horta. It has a slightly undulating surface, reaching 156 meters at its highest point. Its geographical location between the sea and mountains provides a microclimate, which is the mildest of the region, where the prevailing winds are

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and Ponente. The rains occur mainly in autumn and spring. As it is in the metropolitan area of Valencia, there are several road links, such as the Burjassot-Torres Torres road, the Bétera-Olocau road, the San Antonio de Benagéber road which links to the motorway Valencia Turia-Ademuz (CV-35) and the Mediterranean motorway (A-7), as well as others leading to the parishes and neighbourhoods of the city and surrounding towns. Public transport is accessible via one of the northern terminal stations of Metro Line 1 of Valencia. This railway line (which, though given the title "Metro", is more a commuter rail) is heir to the former Valencia Trenet, ranging from Bétera to the Pont de Fusta station in Valencia. The Sanatori Psiquiàtric stop also serves the town.

Sport

The 2024

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began at Betera.

Districts and Parishes

Surrounding Bétera are also the following districts: *El Baró:. Urbanisation Vall de Flors. *La Malla:. Urbanisation La Masia and the military base "Jaime I", under

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high command. *Mallaetes:. La Cornada and Montesano. *Masia Arnal:. Les Almudes. *Mas Camarena:. La Esmeralda, Las Fuentes, Oasis, Sector A, Soto de Camarena and Jardines de Camarena. *Providencia:. Camí de Paterna, Urbanisations Cumbres de San Antonio, Torre En Conill and la Virgen de la Estrella. The southern part of town has grown rapidly in recent years, and there are several developments planned and under construction, contiguous to the urban area.

Bordering towns

Godella Godella is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Nord, province of Valencia, Spain. Godella was founded in 1238 by the cession of James I of Aragon of a region named ''Godayla'' to the Aragonese Pedro Maza. Although part of the municipal a ...

* Montcada * Nàquera *

Paterna Paterna is a city and a municipality in the province of Valencia in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located northeast of the comarca of '' L'Horta de Valencia'', northwest of the inland suburbs of Valencia, and on the left bank of the riv ...

* Pobla de Vallbona * Serra *

* San Antonio de Benagéber

Twinning

Bétera is twinned with: * Pont-Saint-Martin (

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References

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