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Bétera
Bétera
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Camp de Túria
Judicial district	Llíria
Government
• Alcalde	José Manuel Martínez Aloy
Area
• Total	75.70 km2 (29.23 sq mi)
Elevation	125 m (410 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	20,292
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Beterà, beterana
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46117
Official language(s)	Valencian
Website	Official website

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Bétera (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbeteɾa]) is a municipality in the comarca of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community, Spain. With 19,491 inhabitants, it is the second most populous town in the Camp de Túria shire (INE 2007), in the second zone of the Valencia metropolitan area.

Geography

Bétera is situated on the southern slopes of the Serra Calderona, 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 the 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 Levant 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 Burjasot-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.

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 NATO 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 Cumbre 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

History

Twinning

Bétera is twinned with:

Italy Pont-Saint-Martin (Val d'Aosta, Italy)

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 == Bordering towns ==
 * [[Godella]]
-* [[Moncada|Montcada]]
+* [[Moncada, Valencia|Montcada]]
 * [[Náquera|Nàquera]]
 * [[Paterna]]
 * [[Puebla de Vallbona|Pobla de Vallbona]]
+* [[Serra, Valencia|Serra]]
-* [[Serra]]{{Disambiguation needed|date=July 2012}}
 * [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]
 * [[San Antonio de Benagéber]]
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 Bétera is twinned with:
-* {{flag|Italy}} [[Pont-Saint-Martin]] ([[Val d'Aosta]], [[Italy]])
+* {{flag|Italy}} [[Pont-Saint-Martin, Aosta Valley|Pont-Saint-Martin]] ([[Val d'Aosta]], [[Italy]])
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