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Sagunto's Sephardic September runs from 12 to 27 September with guided tours of the Jewish Quarter and Grau Vell, a family treasure hunt and discounts for shopping locally, marking the European Day of Jewish Culture.

Sagunto's Tourism Department will run the seventh edition of Sephardic September from 12 to 27 September, offering guided tours of the Jewish Quarter and Grau Vell, plus a family treasure hunt.

Sagunto City Council has given the AFACAM Alzheimer's association two classrooms in its own building to expand care for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias across Camp de Morvedre, after relocating the education classes that used the rooms.

Estrella Morente will close the Sagunt a Escena festival on Saturday, 22 August, at the Roman Theatre in Sagunto, after two circus shows in the Off Romà series at Casa dels Berenguer and Antigua Morería.

According to the DGT (Spain's traffic authority), an accident has been reported on V-21 near Puzol. Plan your route with caution.

According to the DGT, an accident has been reported on the CV-324 near Sagunto. Plan your route with caution.

The Sagunt a Escena festival ends its Roman Theatre programme in Sagunto on Saturday, 22 August, with a concert by flamenco singer Estrella Morente, ahead of two circus shows in the Off Romà series.

Firefighters had to shore up two properties on Calle Luis Vives, in Sagunto, on Thursday after construction work on ground-floor shops damaged three pillars of the building.

The Fortín del Grau Vell interpretation centre in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) recorded 992 visitors and 348 enquiries in its first month, as hotel occupancy in Sagunto neared 100% this summer.

According to the DGT, an accident has been reported on the V-23 near Sagunto. Plan your route with caution.

Atlético Saguntino take on Castellón B this Wednesday at 19:30 at the Gaetà Huguet sports facilities, their fifth pre-season friendly after a 2-1 defeat to Reus.

El Atlético Saguntino afrontará este miércoles una nueva prueba de pretemporada frente al CD Castellón B. El encuentro comenzará a las 19:30 horas en las instalaciones deportivas Gaetà Huguet. El conjunto romano se medirá, de nuevo, a un rival de Segunda Federación después de perder por 2-1 ante el Reus FC Reddis en su último […] La entrada El Atlético Saguntino busca recuperar sensaciones ante el Castellón B se publicó primero en Golsmedia.

112 Comunidad Valenciana and AEMET have raised the storm and rainfall warning for Sagunto to orange level, active on Thursday 20 August from 12:00 to 19:59, with risk of hail and strong wind gusts.

According to the DGT, an accident has been reported on the A-23 near Estivella. Plan your route with caution.

The Sagunt a Escena festival stages 'Fedra, en los infiernos' on 20 August at 22:30, starring Lydia Bosch and Julio Peña, while the free Off Romà programme brings giant dragons to the streets of Puerto de Sagunto.

The 43rd edition of Sagunt a Escena (Sagunto's summer theatre festival) will stage 'Fedra, en los infiernos' on 20 August at 22:30 in the Roman Theatre, starring Lydia Bosch and Julio Peña.

Patients at Hospital de Sagunto's emergency department say they are waiting up to six hours for care this summer, blaming a doctor shortage, with some treated in the corridors as the unit becomes overwhelmed.

112 Comunitat Valenciana and AEMET have raised the heat warning to red level for the northern coast of Valencia province, active Wednesday 19 August from 13:00 to 20:59, with temperatures up to 43°C in Sagunto.

The Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian regional government) has raised wildfire risk to level 3 in the Sagunto area from this Wednesday to Friday, as extreme-risk weather conditions are forecast for these days.

In Algar de Palancia, a Camp de Morvedre town near Sagunto, a fire at a pallet factory spread into forest land and was brought under control on Monday evening, with smoke seen from other towns in the district.

Sagunto City Council and the University of Valencia will offer a third edition of the Basic Industrial Chemistry Microcredential this autumn, with in-person classes from October to December at the Antiguo Sanatorio civic centre in Puerto de Sagunto.

The street show Quimera, featuring a six-metre-tall dragon puppet, will parade through Avenida 9 d'Octubre in Puerto de Sagunto this Wednesday, 19 August, as part of the Sagunt a Escena festival's Off Romà programme.

Spain's National Police have dismantled two travelling burglary gangs, including a raid on a home in Sagunto, arresting seven people linked to 32 break-ins across the country.

Teatre de l'Abast performs the puppet and physical-theatre show 'Rob' this Saturday at the Centro Cívico in Puerto de Sagunto, in Sagunt a Escena's free Off Romà programme, hours before Sandra Monfort's 'Terra de guapes' at the Roman Theatre.

Singer Sandra Monfort presents her show 'Terra de Guapes' this Saturday, 15 August, at the Roman Theatre in Sagunto — a tribute inspired by the Fonoteca de Materials, the school archive that rescued Valencian folklore in the 1980s.

The VOX group on Sagunto's city council says the Internúcleos sports hall reaches temperatures above 35°C because the air conditioning is not working, and claims a child fainted from the heat during training. They are demanding urgent repairs.

Spain's Ministry of Transport has put out to tender a €10.1 million contract to repair the A-7 motorway surface between kilometre markers 306.7 and 314, on the stretch linking Sagunto and Museros.

A traffic accident on the A-7 caused three kilometres of tailbacks toward Alicante near Sagunto this Thursday, before Spain's traffic authority (DGT) confirmed the road had reopened.

A team of 59 workers is clearing farm and forest tracks in Sagunto until 23 September, backed by €447,097 in funding to help firefighters reach rural areas in case of blaze.

The 43rd edition of the Sagunt a Escena festival stages Lope de Vega's 'La dama boba' this Thursday, 13 August, at Sagunto's Roman Theatre, as part of a day that also includes the show 'Caso enterrado'.

The 43rd edition of the Sagunt a Escena festival brings the classic comedy 'La dama boba' to Sagunto's Roman Theatre this Thursday, 13 August, at 22:30, directed by Josep Maria Mestres.

Puçol, a municipality bordering the Camp de Morvedre district and also visible from Sagunto, has activated a special security and traffic plan for Wednesday's solar eclipse, with its beach as an official observation point.

Sagunto City Council is accepting applications until 30 October for Més que idees 2027, a programme that provides spaces, technical guidance and exposure for people aged 12 to 30 with cultural or artistic projects.

Sagunto's public company SAG (Sociedad Anónima de Gestión) is distributing around 460 preventive wristbands against heat stroke to staff most exposed to high temperatures, with an investment of about €18,000.

Sagunto's Youth and Childhood Department has opened the 'Més que idees 2027' call, aimed at young people aged 12 to 30 with cultural and artistic proposals, with a deadline of 30 October.

Almenara has stepped up security for Wednesday's total solar eclipse with drone surveillance, extra patrols and the closure of its castle over wildfire risk, in a town bordering Camp de Morvedre and also visible from Sagunto.

Sagunto City Council carried out a rescue drill on Tuesday with two simulated victims on Puerto de Sagunto beach, near the Pantalán jetty, to test coordination between lifeguards, local police and health services.

Sagunto's Agriculture department is clearing vegetation from the Palancia riverbed at eight bridges across the city, through a summer jobs plan funded with €447,097 from Spain's national employment service.

Sagunto City Council paid tribute to young athlete Aleix Rivas after he won gold at the Spanish Brazilian jiu-jitsu championship in the youth category.

ASECAM, the Camp de Morvedre business association, has launched a used-car campaign with 43 selected vehicles, reduced prices and financing from 5.49% APR over 72 months, running through August.

The Valencia Port Authority (Valenciaport) cut its water consumption by 33.8% in 2024 across the ports of Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia, its latest Sustainability Report shows; the Sagunto coastline used 5,598 cubic metres.

Sagunto is competing with 27 other Valencian towns for Ecovidrio's Green Flag, which rewards hospitality businesses for recycling glass packaging over summer.

Spain's Equality Ministry and the regional government have both demanded Sagunto City Council remove a festival poster showing a bull sexually subduing a naked woman.

The Sagunt a Escena festival hosts 'Hamlet, a very free version' at Sagunto's Roman Theatre this Tuesday, featuring seven performers with Down syndrome and one actress with an intellectual disability.

Peruvian company Teatro La Plaza performs 'Hamlet, una versión recontralibre' this Tuesday, 11 August, at the Roman Theatre, as part of the Sagunt a Escena festival, with seven performers with Down syndrome and one actress with an intellectual disability.

The Valencian Emergency Agency has declared extreme pre-emergency fire risk level 3 for Wednesday, ahead of the crowds expected in mountains and natural areas to watch the total solar eclipse, with restrictions that also apply around Sagunto.

The full council unanimously agreed to ask phone operators to draw up an updated coverage map and urgently fix mobile signal gaps in the seafront neighbourhoods of Puerto de Sagunto.

Atlético Saguntino lost 4-1 to UD Castellonense in a pre-season friendly played on Monday at the Eliseo Pla municipal ground, after leading at half-time.

The mayor of Benavites, one of the smallest municipalities in the Camp de Morvedre district near Sagunto, discusses in an interview the works planned for the Benicalaf church, the Casino, a new school building and the town's future industrial zone.

Sagunto is home to 69% of the 76,265 vehicles registered in Camp de Morvedre, according to the latest 2025 IVE figures, with Segart the only district municipality where the vehicle fleet outnumbers its own population.

Sagunto's city council will formally object to the Ministry of Transport's plan for a single track between Sagunto and Teruel, after councillors unanimously backed a motion also supported by Aragon's government, the regional Generalitat and the CEV business association.

A feature by El Periódico de Aquí tours the most striking houses and façades of Estivella, a village in the Camp de Morvedre district (Sagunto's home region) that was administratively part of Sagunto until 1535.

Sagunto's city council has asked the regional government (Generalitat) for a nationwide-style plan worth €100 million a year to fix air conditioning in local schools, where classrooms exceed 30°C.

The Camp de Morvedre Feminist Coordinator has denounced a poster from a Sagunto festival club showing a bull subduing a woman; the regional government rejects it and the PP has asked the mayor to state his position.

Sagunto City Council has recognised local athlete Yago Gómez for winning silver at the National Traditional Wushu Championship, on top of other podium finishes this year.

Sagunto's city council has unanimously urged the Ministry of Transport to strengthen the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor on the Sagunto-Teruel section, days after the PP rejected the Government's rail proposal.

Sagunto City Council held a minute of silence outside its public buildings on Friday 7 August to condemn the suspected gender-based killings of a 44-year-old woman in Murcia and a 50-year-old woman in Llanes, Asturias.

Sagunto's city council unanimously approved awarding the City Medal to the Socoltie cooperative, for its work with people with disabilities, and to the Unión Musical Porteña music society, for its cultural and educational track record.

Sagunto's city council has given final approval to the ordinance on low-emission zones (ZBE), which starts an informational phase in September and will be fully in force by 2033, with separate rings for Sagunto and Puerto de Sagunto.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has referred the case of Canet d'en Berenguer's red-light speed camera to the prosecutor's office and Spain's Court of Auditors, following a complaint filed by Vox in both Canet and Sagunto.

Compromís per Sagunt has asked the city council to set up a permanent working group on equality with Sagunto's festival club federations, in the middle of this year's patron-saint festivities.

Sagunto's city council has unanimously approved marking 9 September as the municipal Agriculture Day, to recognise local farmers, encourage generational renewal and promote the consumption of local produce.

Sagunto's city council unanimously approved a declaration on Thursday backing people affected by Spain's wildfires and demanding a coordinated national forest-fire prevention plan.

This Friday, 8 August, as part of Sagunt a Escena's Off Romà series, Valencian company Fil d'Arena performs 'Públic' on the Puerto de Sagunto jetty, combining dance, industrial heritage and live music.

Sagunto's city council unanimously approved, on Thursday, a new Municipal Day of Agriculture to be marked every 9 September, with annual activities recognising the farming sector's role in the local economy, landscape and rural identity.

Sagunto's city council approved two new water charges on Thursday — one for areas supplied by wells and another for network investment — costing up to 7.83 euros a month per meter.

PowerCo's electric-vehicle battery gigafactory in Sagunto has received 152 million euros from Spain's Recovery Plan, which has now invested 7,208 million euros in the Valencian Community, government delegate Pilar Bernabé said on Thursday.

Sagunto city council unanimously approved, at Thursday's August plenary session, an institutional declaration of solidarity with Venezuela and with residents of Venezuelan origin living in the town, following the earthquakes of 24 June.

The 43rd edition of the Sagunt a Escena festival staged The Threepenny Opera (La ópera de los tres centavos) on 8-9 August, starring musician Coque Malla, at Sagunto's Roman Theatre (Teatro Romano).

The 43rd edition of Sagunt a Escena, Sagunto's summer arts festival, stages The Threepenny Opera this weekend (8-9 August), starring Spanish actor and singer Coque Malla.

The Huracán Puerto Sagunto triathlon school is organising the I Triatlón Pantalán this Sunday 19 July, from 8:30am — a regional relay championship for around 104 school-age athletes.

Sagunto town hall has hired five unemployed people through three Labora (the Valencian regional employment service) programmes, with a total investment of 126,134 euros to support their return to work and social inclusion.

The Compromís municipal group has filed a motion calling for improved mobile phone coverage along the seafront of Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district).

Compromís has laid out details of its motion to air-condition Sagunto's schools, including a 100-million-euro-a-year consortium and climate data from AEMET, days after first announcing the general request.

Sagunto's People's Party (PP) has filed a motion asking the town hall to formally object to the Ministry of Transport's plan for the Teruel-Sagunto railway line, which rules out a double electrified track.

The Sagunt a Escena festival presents the comedy 'Original Greek' at the Roman Theatre this Thursday, alongside the participatory show 'Bailarina a la carta' in Mossén Vicent Gil Tamarit square.

The Valencian regional government's Conselleria de Industria has awarded a grant of 40,180.01 euros to ASECAM, the Camp de Morvedre business association based in Sagunto, to support reindustrialisation in the district.

The Valencian Football Federation has released the 2026/27 fixture list for Group VI of Tercera Federación (Spain's fifth tier), which kicks off on 6 September with Atlético Saguntino hosting Atlético Levante.

The municipal company SAG (Sociedad Anónima de Gestión) has hired 30 new employees to reinforce street cleaning in Sagunto, weeks after a strike left the city with piled-up rubbish.

Sagunto City Council received Iván Miró and Mateo López, from Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto (a local youth handball club), on Tuesday after they won silver at the Spanish Championship of Regional Selections in beach handball.

The Compromís municipal group has asked for a joint plan between the town and regional government to fully maintain and air-condition Sagunto's schools, demanding that the Valencian Government cover its share of the investment.

The patron saint festival of the Virgin of Begoña in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) runs until 15 August, with the funfair now extended into the car park of the Alucine cinema, plus concerts and children's activities.

Sagunto City Council votes this Thursday, 6 August, at 9am on the ordinance regulating the city's low-emission zones, plus a proposed outdoor municipal swimming pool in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district).

Theatre company La Fam Teatre will bring its touring show Quimera — a six-metre, fire-breathing dragon puppet — through the streets of Sagunto on the night of Wednesday 19 August, near the Roman Theatre.

Marián Cano, the Valencian regional minister for Industry, has called for calm over the timeline of the PowerCo battery gigafactory in Sagunto's Parc Sagunt II, declining to comment on a rumoured deal with China's Gotion.

Sagunto's Roman Theatre opens the 43rd Sagunt a Escena festival this Saturday, 1 August, with the premiere of 'El Narciso en su opinión', an IVC production repeating Sunday in an accessible performance.

Sagunto City Council, through municipal company SAG, will replace 1,800 street litter bins with new lidded, chip-tagged models to improve urban cleanliness across the municipality.

Compromís says it is not enough that only four shows at the Sagunt a Escena festival, 25% of the programme, are performed in Valencian, and is calling for more investment and year-round programming at Sagunto's Roman Theatre.

Sagunto's Roman Theatre (Teatro Romano) has expanded its capacity to 804 seats, up from 608 in the last two editions, just three days before the 43rd edition of Sagunt a Escena opens this Saturday, 1 August.

Canary Islands singer-songwriter Valeria Castro will close the tour for her debut album on 10 August at Sagunto's Roman Theatre, as part of the Sagunt a Escena festival.

The Compromís party says only four Teatro Romano shows in this year's Sagunt a Escena festival are performed in Valencian, though it welcomes the language's return to the 43rd edition in Sagunto.

The 22-year-old midfielder, a key player in the Puerto de Sagunto club's promotion, will keep playing for the red-and-white team in the 2026-2027 season.

From 31 July to 15 August, Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) celebrates its patron saint festivities honouring the Virgen de Begonya, with music, bullfighting traditions, children's activities and the Red Bull Cucanyes as the grand finale.

More than 400 people filled the assembly hall of the Casa Municipal de Cultura in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) this Tuesday, at the town's first talk on the total solar eclipse coming on 12 August.

The Partido Popular (PP, conservative opposition party) in Sagunto is again challenging the Xarxa de Lloguer Assequible affordable-rental network, arguing that a new public consultation to draft its rules proves the scheme was launched without them.

Canet d'En Berenguer, a municipality neighbouring Sagunto in the Camp de Morvedre district, has planned close to twenty free cultural events for August: concerts, open-air cinema and children's theatre across squares, a park and the beach.

Castellón-based street theatre company Visitants opens the 43rd Sagunt a Escena festival this Saturday, 1 August, with 'I si fem un clàssic?', a comic take on classic world theatre.

The talk 'Sagunto, Territorio Eclipse' filled every seat at the Casa Municipal de Cultura in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) on Tuesday 28 July, part of the City Council's programme ahead of the total solar eclipse on 12 August.

Cultural associations in Sagunto want 29 July - the day King Jaume I granted the Carta Pobla (founding charter) of Morvedre in 1248 - established as the city's key civic date.

Education and healthcare projects lose most of the regional funding PSPV-PSOE sought for Sagunto: PP and Vox voted down 20 amendments in Les Corts that aimed to raise the allocation from 7 to 79 million euros.

The Federación de Peñas (peñas federation) of Puerto de Sagunto and the city's Fiestas department have finalised the 2026 patron saint festival programme, with children's, bullfighting, music and popular events running from 1 to 15 August.

The Afacam association will hold its 22nd charity gala on Sunday 23 August at Sagunto's Roman Theatre, with volunteer artists performing to raise funds for people living with Alzheimer's disease.

Homeowner communities in the Baladre district could end up covering unpaid neighbours' bills if Sagunto does not activate, before the end of August, the payment system approved by the plenary, the Vox party warns.

Quartell, a Camp de Morvedre municipality next to Sagunto, hosts four free concerts from 31 July to 6 August for the ninth Música a la Fresca festival, with African percussion, Latin American folk and jazz.

The Morvedre III Training Centre, housed in the renovated old municipal slaughterhouse in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district), now trains residents and municipal staff after a €400,000 refurbishment co-funded by EU FEDER-EDUSI regional funds.

Sagunto City Council has ordered flags at half-mast for three days following the death, at 86, of Ramón Lapiedra Civera, a theoretical physics professor and the city's Adoptive Son since 2020.

Volkswagen is considering giving Chinese battery maker Gotion a minority stake in the PowerCo battery gigafactory being built in Sagunto, the city's largest current industrial investment, Reuters has reported.

The Federació Junta Fallera de Sagunt (the local Fallas association) has unveiled the official hair-combs and fabrics for its Falleras Mayores, Empar Ríos and Maria Pozuelo, marking the start of the countdown to September's Exaltaciones ceremony at the Roman Theatre.

The board of Fundación Bancaja has unanimously appointed architect Belén Genovés Casquete as president of its Delegated Committee in Sagunto, the body that drives the foundation's cultural and social activity in the Camp de Morvedre district.

Compromís per Sagunt is demanding the City Council act on the motion the plenary approved in July to mark the 750th anniversary of the death of Jaume I, founder of the Kingdom of Valencia, who died on 27 July 1276.

In Canet d'En Berenguer, a coastal municipality next to Sagunto in Camp de Morvedre, the town council has added three more cleaning staff for summer and warned of fines up to €750 for leaving bags or furniture by containers.

Sagunto's port stayed closed to shipping traffic on Monday so that firefighting seaplanes could scoop up seawater for the forest fire burning in Vall d'Uixó, in its third active day, the Valencian government's emergency coordination centre confirmed.

Almardà, a coastal district of Sagunto, holds its Almardà Fest 2026 summer festival from 31 July to 2 August, organised by the Almardà Viva association with support from the Council's Festivities department.

Ecoembes' 'Recycle for the Climate' campaign, run with Sagunto's Environment Department, will set up information tents at beach access points in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district), Almardà and Corinto over five days this summer.

Valencia's regional emergency centre (112 CV) is asking Camp de Morvedre residents on Monday to limit outdoor activity and wear FFP2 masks as thick smoke from the Vall d'Uixó wildfire spreads over the area.

A wildfire declared in Quart de les Valls, a municipality bordering directly on Sagunto, forced the mobilisation of ground and air firefighting crews around midday, the regional Emergency Coordination Centre reported.

Compromís and Chunta Aragonesista will file objections against the study that rules out a double electrified track between Teruel and Sagunto, joined by regional business association Asecam in defence of the same corridor.

Sagunto City Council honoured local athlete Silvia Piera this week, after she claimed two Spanish trail-running titles in the same weekend in Palencia province.

In Quartell, a municipality in the Camp de Morvedre district, hundreds of residents and visitors took part this Wednesday in the Xopà (traditional water festival), the highlight of the Quintos day during the town's patron saint festivities.

Sagunto City Council presented the official ceremonial combs (peinetas) to the 2026 Falleras Mayores, Empar Ríos Sánchez-Mellado and Maria Pozuelo Martín, at an event held on Thursday 23 July at the Mario Monreal Cultural Centre.

Greenpeace points to Sagunto's beaches (Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa) as an example of expensive, short-lived artificial regeneration against coastal erosion, according to its annual report 'Destrucción a Toda Costa 2026' ('Coastal Destruction At Any Cost').

The Valencia Port Authority (APV), known as Valenciaport, is taking part in coastal improvement and protection work near El Grau Vell beach, by the Marjal dels Moros wetland in Sagunto, an area of high ecological value.

The CEV (Valencian Community's business confederation) and CEOE Aragón, led by presidents Vicente Lafuente and Benito Tesier, will file joint objections demanding a double electrified track on the Teruel-Sagunto rail section, key for the ports of Valencia, Sagunto and Castellón.

Compromís, together with Chunta Aragonesista, will file objections against the study that proposes a single, non-electrified track on the Teruel-Sagunto rail section, Congress deputy Àgueda Micó said.

In Faura, a town neighbouring Sagunto in Camp de Morvedre, soprano Carmen Bosó -a finalist on TV contest 'Aria, locos por la ópera'- closes the 'Vicent Garcés' music series this Saturday with a free recital in Plaza del Hostal.

Sagunto mayor Darío Moreno met on Wednesday with staff and management of the Monte Arse care home to review its operations, weeks after the CCOO union reported physical, verbal and sexual assaults against female employees.

Vall de Segó, a group of villages in the Camp de Morvedre district, will hold the 25th edition of the Benicalaf pilgrimage on 2 August, bringing together five nearby towns at the abandoned village of Benicalaf.

A fire in a transformer at the combined-cycle power station in Puerto de Sagunto forced an evacuation yesterday, with no injuries reported.

Sagunto's Roman Theatre (Teatre Romà) will host concerts by Coque Malla, Sandra Monfort and Estrella Morente this August, as part of the 43rd edition of the Sagunt a Escena festival, organised by the Valencian Institute of Culture.

Gilet, a Camp de Morvedre municipality next to Sagunto, will give every home a free self-protection guide with evacuation maps for its eight housing estates.

Enagás has agreed to buy Osaka Gas's 20% stake in the Saggas gas terminal in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) for €31 million, raising its share to 92.5%.

The agreement, signed by Cristina Plumed and Alicia Soler, will offer preferential financing to member businesses in the Camp de Morvedre district.

Residents of Almardà, a coastal district of Sagunto, are now enjoying a renovated play area on Calle Neptuno — the project they themselves chose through the 2026 Participatory Budget.

Darío Moreno and Juan Luis Gandía discussed new ways for the city council and the university to work together after a recent change of leadership.

The suspect, accused of attempted homicide, allegedly shot at another driver during a traffic argument on 14 July in Sagunto.

The Cofradía de Nuestra Señora de Begoña (religious brotherhood) chose the lawyer and university lecturer to deliver the speech that opens the celebrations on 1 August.

The city council and SAG's staff committee reached a pay deal that will restore the service after seven days of rubbish piling up in the streets.

Business association Asecam and Caixa Popular bank have renewed their partnership agreement, giving Camp de Morvedre companies access to financing on preferential terms.

The Environment Department will open a perimeter strip around the housing estate, classified as very high risk, funded by a Generalitat grant.

Councillor José Tomás Serrano says the council and SAG failed to adjust minimum services despite knowing months in advance about the strike and the festival.

Sagunto City Council will clear a firebreak strip around the Codoval residential area, funded with almost €20,000 from the Valencian regional government, to reduce forest fire risk.

Sagunto City Council welcomed the club's athletes after a season with Spanish championship titles in sambo, Olympic wrestling, beach wrestling and MMA.

Claudia Guzmán and Xavi Requena won one gold, three silvers and a bronze at the Spanish Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Guadalajara.

Coach Guillem Beltrán will have a new option for the left flank next season: Atlético Saguntino has confirmed the signing of defender Marco Suárez, 22, previously at CD Illescas.

Spain won its second World Cup title after beating Argentina thanks to an extra-time goal by Ferran Torres, and Sagunto celebrated at the three viewing points set up by the City Council.

Compromís per Sagunt is demanding an urgent solution to the labour dispute at SAG, the municipal cleaning company, and repeats its call for councillor Jorge Vidal, who oversees the firm, to resign if he cannot resolve the cleaning strike.

Three opposition parties — PP, Compromís and Iniciativa Porteña — are demanding that Mayor Darío Moreno urgently resolve the SAG cleaning strike, which is worsening Sagunto's streets during the patron saint festival.

Spain's Transport Ministry has ruled out electrifying and doubling the rail line between Sagunto and Teruel, part of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor, prompting Asecam, the Camp de Morvedre business association, to file objections alongside the CEV and Teruel employers.

The district's business association will file objections after the Transport Ministry ruled out an electrified double track for that railway section.

A Frank Sinatra tribute on Friday and a pop-rock concert on Saturday, both at 11pm at the Antiguo Sanatorio Civic Centre in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district), close the 18th edition of the Música al Port festival.

A man goes on trial this Tuesday at the Provincial Court of Valencia, accused of beating and threatening a neighbour in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) who had complained about fireworks in a park, back in February 2024.

Aemet, Spain's weather agency, has heat and storm warnings active across the Valencian Community, with inland highs close to 40°C; Camp de Morvedre, on Valencia's northern coast, feels the heat too, even though it falls outside the orange alert.

Business association ASECAM and lender Caixa Popular have signed a new agreement to offer preferential financial terms to companies in the Camp de Morvedre district, their leaders announced.

Sagunto launched its patron saint festival on Saturday in honour of Saints Abdon and Senen with the traditional chupinazo (firework launch) and xopà (water celebration) outside the town hall, opening nearly two weeks of activities running until 30 July.

Thousands of people gathered on 18 July outside Sagunto's town hall for the start of the patron saint festivities honouring Saint Abdon and Saint Senen, which will continue until 30 July.

Only Sagunto and Gilet still carry bank debt among the 16 municipalities of the Camp de Morvedre district, according to the Spanish government's official Deuda Viva municipal debt report for 2025.

In Canet d'En Berenguer, a municipality neighbouring Sagunto within the Camp de Morvedre district, Valencian comedian Nadia Guillamón filled the Terraza Gauthier Comedy venue on 16 July with a show built around everyday-life humour.

Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district of Sagunto) hosts the first Pantalán Triathlon this Sunday, 19 July — a regional school championship with mixed relay teams bringing together 26 squads and around 104 young triathletes from across the Valencian Community.

The town of Quartell, in the Camp de Morvedre district near Sagunto, is celebrating its biggest festival week until next weekend, with street bull runs, correfocs (fire runs), open-air dances and religious ceremonies honouring its patron saints.

Local group Iniciativa Porteña is calling on Sagunto's mayor to get directly involved in ending the SAG strike, which is leaving overflowing bins just as the town's patron-saint festival begins and summer tourists arrive.

The Confederación Empresarial de la Comunitat Valenciana (CEV), a Valencian business group, is considering a formal objection after Spain's transport ministry ruled out a double electrified track between Teruel and Sagunto, a rail corridor key to local industry and logistics.

The Valencian regional government (Generalitat) will file formal objections alongside Aragón against the single-track plan for the Teruel-Sagunto rail section, a route key to Sagunto's rail links and the Port of Valencia.

The travelling food-and-leisure market Solmarket has moved this summer to Puçol -close to Sagunto, in the neighbouring l'Horta Nord district- after being turned away by El Puig over residents' complaints about noise and traffic.

The town council of Estivella, a municipality in the Camp de Morvedre district near Sagunto, has bought the historic Hort de la Senyoreta building and surrounding land for €475,000 to turn it into public heritage.

Sagunto is strengthening security, Puntos Violeta (anti-harassment support points) and medical coverage for this summer's patron saint festivals in Sagunto and Puerto de Sagunto, says councillor Patricia Sánchez.

The Compromís per Sagunt group is calling for the resignation of councillor Jorge Vidal, in charge of the municipal company SAG, over what it calls inefficient management of urban waste in Sagunto.

Today, 17 July, marks World Emoji Day, and a local opinion column imagines which emojis would best represent Sagunto: the Roman Theatre, the Alt Forn (blast furnace), Almardà beach, and even the traffic jams on the avenue.

Spain's Transport Ministry has decided the Teruel-Sagunto rail section will keep a single conventional track instead of the electrified double track Aragón requested, limiting freight capacity toward the Port of Valencia via Sagunto.

27 July marks exactly 750 years since the death of Jaume I the Conqueror, and an opinion column highlights the key role Sagunto (then called Morvedre) played in building the medieval Kingdom of Valencia.

Mayor Darío Moreno and the Spanish government's deputy representative in Valencia, José Rodríguez, met today with the Local Police, Civil Guard and National Police to coordinate the security operation for Sagunto's patron saint festivities.

Sagunto City Council paid tribute this Thursday to Hugo Valero, a 17-year-old gymnast from Puerto de Sagunto, after a season with 16 medals and his call-up to Spain's junior national team for the World Championship in Pamplona in September.

In Faura, a village in the Camp de Morvedre district near Sagunto, local percussionist Ferran Mechó will perform this Saturday, 18 July, in 'Ritual', a free concert at Plaça de l'Hostal as part of the Cicle Vicent Garcés music series.

In Quartell, a village in the Camp de Morvedre district near Sagunto, local runner Fran Queralt won the 44th Volta a Peu (5km foot race) in 16:20, in an event with 350 participants last weekend.

Joan Calabuig, the Spanish government's commissioner for the Mediterranean Corridor, met with Asecam, mayor Darío Moreno and the Valencia Port Authority to review progress on rail works linking Sagunto with the European network.

Sagunto's tourism department has produced new videos, infographics and social media content promoting the town as a sustainable destination, funded by EU Next Generation grants.

PowerCo has pushed back the start of battery cell production at its Sagunto plant to late 2026, three months later than planned, as part of Volkswagen group's wider strategic adjustment.

Sagunto City Council has put out to tender, for €208,063, the renovation of the inline hockey rink at the Municipal Sports Centre, replacing its flooring and fencing.

Valencia's regional Justice Department has opened bidding for the new courthouse in Sagunto, with a €37 million budget and a 28-month construction period.

The Sagunt a Escena festival is staging four free circus performances by Valencian companies from 13 to 22 August in Cronista Chabret square, Casa dels Berenguer and the Alameda promenade.

The Lira Saguntina symphonic band will perform the traditional Fiestas Concert at Sagunto's Roman Theatre on Saturday 18 July at 10.30pm, with a free bus from Plaza Mayor.

Hundreds of fans watched on a big screen in Cronista Chabret square as Spain beat France 0-2, with a goal by Mikel Oyarzábal, sending the national team to Sunday's World Cup final.

Beaches councillor Roberto Rovira responded to residents' complaints about sexual conduct at the nudist beach in Almardà and guaranteed that the local police will act against any illegal behaviour.

The town's Alternatura hiking programme wrapped up its season with an eight-day trip to the Italian Alps, where 36 local residents climbed Piz Boé and hiked around the Tre Cime di Lavaredo peaks.

Commissioner Joan Calabuig met business group ASECAM, mayor Darío Moreno and port officials in Sagunto to explain progress on this key rail infrastructure project.

The regional Agriculture department and the city council have resumed releasing sterile male mosquitoes at Triángulo Umbral, Plaza Cronista Chabret and Plaza de l'Aljub until December.

The Environment Department will work on both sides of the path, using a grant of almost €19,000 from the Valencia Provincial Council.

Sagunto's youth handball team finished runner-up at the Spanish championship in May, after winning the regional title and the Casabermeja (Málaga) qualifying round.

The alert runs this Wednesday, 15 July, from 13:00 to 20:59, with temperatures that could reach 42°C.

Neighbourhood group Almardà Viva reports incidents of public sexual behaviour and exhibitionism at the nudist area and is calling for more police presence and clearer boundaries.

The city council is organising talks, a science exhibition and a celebration at the Pantalán pier in Puerto de Sagunto for the 12 August eclipse.

Sagunto's festivities, honouring saints Abdón and Senén, run from 18 to 30 July, while Puerto de Sagunto's celebrations take place from 1 to 15 August.

The regional Justice department opened bidding this Monday for the new courthouse in Sagunto, budgeted at €37 million, after years of delays.

The regional Justice Department has put the construction of Sagunto's new judicial headquarters out to tender, with an investment of €37,009,485.44.

The Valencian party highlighted the role of teachers, families and students in the strike called by unions STEPV and CCOO, and organised a meeting with one of its own MPs to discuss the state of education.

The residents' association for the Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa beaches says Spain's Ministry for Ecological Transition still hasn't restored foot-washing stations, walkways and signage after the north Sagunto coastline regeneration project.

Sagunto City Council presented on Monday the joint programme book for the patron saint festivals of Sagunto (18-30 July) and Puerto de Sagunto (1-15 August).

Sagunto City Council is organising talks, a free giveaway of certified eclipse glasses and a celebration at the Pantalán in Puerto de Sagunto to mark the solar eclipse on 12 August.

The Camp de Morvedre business association and the Club de Empresas Responsables y Sostenibles (CE/R+S), a Valencian sustainability network, have signed a framework agreement to promote sustainability and social responsibility among local businesses.

Sagunto City Council will install up to three giant screens in the city and in Puerto de Sagunto so residents can watch Spain's World Cup semi-final together.

A procession, the blessing of vehicles and a mass at the hermitage marked the return of the San Cristóbal festival in Sagunto on Saturday, ten years after it was last held.

The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) held a summer edition of its 'Cocinando con ciencia UPV' (Cooking with Science) workshops today at the Casal Jove youth centre in Sagunto, aimed at introducing young people to science through cooking.

Sagunto City Council will install three giant screens in Sagunto, Puerto de Sagunto and Almardà so residents can watch Spain's World Cup semifinal against France on Tuesday 14 July at 21:00.

The public company Espais Econòmics Empresarials (EEE) has sold a plot of almost 33,000 square metres in Parc Sagunt II, Sagunto's industrial park, to ice producer Iberhielo for €7.1 million to build a new ice factory.

Mayor Darío Moreno welcomed the Club d'Esgrima Morvedre fencing club this Friday to mark a season featuring a national team bronze medal and a promotion to Spain's top sabre division.

A resident of Quartell's care home for older people was successfully resuscitated this Friday after suffering cardiac arrest in the municipal pool's jacuzzi, thanks to the quick response of the lifeguard and health teams.

The Social Services Department and the Naturgy Foundation are running practical workshops this July on energy saving and home safety for participants in the Itineraris d'Inclusió Social programme, funded by the European Union.

Sagunto City Council gathered outside its building this Friday for a minute's silence for the victims of the Los Gallardos wildfire (Almería province), a tribute called by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).

The performing-arts festival, run by the Valencian Institute of Culture (IVC), stages 19 shows from 1 to 23 August, including five Valencian dance companies led by women, among them local choreographer Ángela Verdugo.

Espais Econòmics Empresarials (EEE) has reopened, until 15 October, the sale of six plots in Parc Sagunt II, after the first tender closed with no offers.

Sagunto-born dancer and choreographer Angela Verdugo celebrates 20 years of her company La Siamesa on 6 August, part of the 43rd Sagunt a Escena festival (1-23 August).

José Francisco Pérez, chief of staff at the regional Social Services department, resigned after processing paperwork for the Blackworks Open Air festival, planned for 11-12 July on a protected site in Puerto de Sagunto, without proper authorisation.

The Sagunto group made up of Laura, Daniel, Carlos, Celia and Merxe beat the team representing Alboraya in the final of the Cantem! music contest on regional broadcaster À Punt.

A court in Valencia has upheld the internal promotion process that let José Rodríguez Jurado, now the government's sub-delegate, move up within Canet d'En Berenguer town hall, after the Court of Auditors had already dropped its earlier probe.

The Valencian public TV show will air a report this Friday 10 July at 21:45 on the calderes stew, the xopà water fight, the barrel procession and costume parade that mark Benavites' patron-saint festivities.

Compromís Sagunt is holding a public education discussion on 13 July at Casa dels Berenguer, which will also honour people involved in the recent Valencian teachers' strike.

Luz Antonino, a 14-year-old rider from Sagunto, took the lead in the Spanish Women's Trial Championship (TR2) after winning both races held the weekend of 4-5 July in León.

Luz Antonino, a 14-year-old rider from Sagunto, now tops the standings in Spain's Women's Trial Championship (TR2 category) after winning both races held last weekend in León.

Quartell town council, in the Camp de Morvedre district, has cut its staff's working week to 35 hours, and the PP and the local government accuse each other of manipulating the move and shutting the opposition out of negotiations.

The Valencian regional government has refused to fund the move of Sagunto's Raval outpatient health centre to a new site, reigniting a dispute between the city council and the opposition Partido Popular (PP) over who is to blame.

An accident reported around 6:30 am this Thursday on the Valencia by-pass (A-7), heading towards Alicante, caused more than 15 kilometres of traffic delays between Puçol and Paterna, according to Spain's traffic authority (DGT).

Organisers of Blackworks Open Air Valencia, planned for 11-12 July in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district), cancelled the event and promised automatic refunds for all tickets within 14 working days.

Valencia's public broadcaster dedicates Friday 10 July's episode to the patron-saint festival of Benavites, in Camp de Morvedre, alongside two other towns.

Estivella, a village near Sagunto, has added a 19th-century house and estate known as the hort de la "Senyoreta" to its heritage, after a purchase started by the previous council.

Sagunto's Municipal School Board has approved next year's local school holidays and will ask for one date to be swapped in the December calendar.

With extreme heat warnings active across Camp de Morvedre, Canet d'en Berenguer has expanded its network of free public spaces where residents can cool down.

The Ensemble Fandango quartet performs this Saturday in Faura's Plaça de l'Hostal, as part of the 18th 'Vicent Garcés' Valencian and Chamber Music Cycle.

Quartell, a town in Camp de Morvedre near Sagunto, is holding a week of sport and charity events ahead of its main summer festival.

Atlético Saguntino has confirmed the renewal of seven players from last season and will again be coached by Guillem Beltrán in 2026-2027.

Sagunto's Local Police will give out free ID wristbands with a name and phone number at accessible beach points, aimed at children and older adults who may get lost or disoriented.

Sagunto's Local Police will give out free identification wristbands for children and elderly people at the town's beaches, showing a name and contact phone number in case someone gets lost.

Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) will host the ninth edition of Fem(me) Dansa from 24 to 26 July, a free contemporary dance festival at Plaza de la Concordia with eight professional companies.

Sagunto Town Hall processed 1,349 files for migrants before the deadline, 30 June, for the special regularisation process launched by Spain's central government.

Staff at SAG, Sagunto's public street-cleaning company, will start an indefinite strike on 15 July after talks on a labour agreement unrenewed since 2012 stalled.

Singer-songwriter Eva Gómez from Almenara presented her album Ací estic. Jo soc aquella on 3 July at the Blasco Ibáñez gardens in Canet d'En Berenguer, with music based on poems by Maria Beneyto.

The 112 Comunitat Valenciana emergency service has activated level 3 PREVIFOC, the highest wildfire danger level, in force until Thursday 9 July across the region, including Sierra Calderona.

More than 1,300 residents of Sagunto have applied under the special migrant regularisation process, whose application window closed on 30 June.

The Compromís party assembly has confirmed Maria Josep Picó, currently spokesperson for the party's group on Sagunto City Council, as its candidate for mayor.

Sagunto City Council's Equality Department called a minute of silence today for the suspected gender-based murders of a 36-year-old woman in Málaga and a 55-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter in Alicante.

The 112 Comunitat Valenciana emergency service and AEMET have issued an orange heat-wave alert for Sagunto on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 July, from 12:00 to 19:59, with highs that could reach 41°C.

Sagunto's Local Government Board has awarded Veolia Servicios Lecam SAU the contract to adapt a building on Calle Liria to house the town's new adult-education (EPA) centre in the historic old town.

Sixteen break-ins at rural cottages and second homes in the La Baronía area have ended with a 29-year-old man arrested and a 31-year-old under investigation, the Civil Guard has confirmed.

Spain's National Police have arrested twelve people and shut down two marijuana grow-houses after dismantling a drug-dealing network active in several towns across Camp de Morvedre.

Sagunto City Council approved a VOX motion, with an abstention from Izquierda Unida, so that communities of homeowners will not have to pay debts left by non-paying neighbours under the Pla de Barris programme.

Transvia has spent more than a year unable to open its electric bus base in Sagunto due to a lack of available power, as the town goes through an industrial boom linked to PowerCo.

The district closed June with 79 fewer unemployed people than in May and 131 fewer than a year ago, as the working-age population keeps growing.

The 'Estiu Voramar 2026' programme fills Puçol beach with activities until August, with stage 8 of the Vuelta a España starting there on the 29th as the highlight.

Emergency services were alerted at 12:06 on Friday and dispatched a SAMU unit, which performed CPR at the scene on the CV-309 road near Sagunto but could not save the man.

The man was found on Friday in a vehicle on the CV-309 road, near construction works close to the PowerCo battery gigafactory in Sagunto.

In a near-unanimous vote, Sagunto's July plenary ordered the Port Authority of Valencia to honour without further delay the 2019 agreement on the North Dock and the Pantalán pier.

The July plenary voted to urge the Regional Culture Ministry to assess a Bien de Interés Cultural declaration or equivalent protection for the historic coastal complex of Les Cases de Queralt.

The Valencian Health Minister announced that Puçol's coastal clinic will operate every day of the year, part of a regional plan deploying 25 beach health posts across the Valencian Community.

All parties on the city council approved a motion on 3 July demanding that the Regional Health Ministry hire more staff, cut waiting lists and replace worn-out equipment at Sagunto Hospital.

On 2 July, the city council passed a motion urging the Valencian Government to raise its investment allocation to Sagunto, which is approaching 75,000 residents.

Canet d'En Berenguer and Gilet host grid upgrade work by i-DE this week; only specific streets in each town are affected.

The Sagunto coastline opens the season with its largest safety setup in recent years, combining aerial rescue technology and renewed environmental certification across four beaches.

Puerto de Sagunto's summer festival expands this July with a second venue and offers symphony, jazz, flamenco, pop-rock and a reunion of 1960s local bands.

The fireworks company from Faura has filed a request with the Government Delegation to adapt a facility in Sagunto that has been idle since 2017.

The city council voted to demand that the Valencian Government raise its investment in Sagunto, a city of 73,000 inhabitants with major industrial projects that receives only €7 million from the 2026 regional budget.

The 43rd edition of the festival runs from 1 to 23 August with 19 performances: nine at the Roman Theatre and eleven free Off Sagunto shows, featuring fourteen Valencian companies.

Puerto de Sagunto's summer music festival has unveiled six free performances between 4 and 25 July, covering symphonic music, jazz, flamenco, pop-rock and a reunion of 1960s local bands.

A blaze that started at 12:23 on 2 July in reed beds alongside the Sagunto river required three fire crews, three BRIFOR forest brigades and two Valencian Government aircraft.

Sagunto City Council has presented its 2026 beach safety and cleaning operation: 55 lifeguards, 11 local police officers, 23 cleaning staff and 19 sea and land vehicles, plus a rescue drone.

Sagunto City Council launched the second edition of MuralArts, a joint Education and LGTBIQ+ Policy programme, with first-year art students from IES Clot del Moro as creators of the works.

The Hernalca Business Centre has opened a coworking facility at the Edificio Cara al Port in Puerto de Sagunto, with private offices at €350/month and shared desks at €175/month.

The Camp de Morvedre business association held a dedicated session on Nature-Based Solutions, with experts on environmental certification, carbon offsets and ecosystem restoration.

On 27 June, a Sagunto Municipal Police beach unit patrol found a package containing more than one kilogram of cocaine floating in the bathing area of Almardà beach during routine coastal surveillance.

José Antonio Sancho Sempere's defence has submitted to a Valencia court an expert report by councillor Carlos Julián Zahera disputing the registered status of the Academia Valenciana de Juristas.

The Camp de Morvedre coastal municipality kicks off its summer programme on Thursday 2 July with a screening of 'Back to the Future' and keeps activities running until 28 August.

Teachers, families and education representatives gathered on Wednesday 1 July for the fifth edition of the 'Compartim experiències' (Sharing experiences) education conference organised by Cevcam in Sagunto.

Seven years after Sagunto City Council signed an agreement with the Valencian Port Authority, Compromís says key commitments remain unmet and is calling for a united front of public administrations to break the deadlock.

The Valencian Government's Agriculture Department has resumed its tiger mosquito control programme in Sagunto, releasing more than 700,000 sterilised males at three city locations through to early December.

The Compromís (Valencian left-wing coalition) group at Sagunto City Council submitted a motion asking the municipality to join the commemoration of the 750th anniversary of the death of King Jaume I, declared the Year of Jaume I 2026 by the Valencian Government.

Club captain Kike Torrent has signed on for a ninth season at Atlético Saguntino, the local football club based in Sagunto, standing just one match short of 250 official appearances.

Staff at Sagunto's municipal swimming pools, backed by trade union Intersindical Valenciana, unanimously rejected the council's latest shift-schedule proposal at a workers' assembly on 25 June and are considering industrial action.

The Valencian agriculture ministry has restarted Sagunto's tiger mosquito biological control programme for the third consecutive year, releasing sterilised male insects across three city locations.

The Premios Literarios Ciutat de Sagunt (City of Sagunto Literary Prizes) received 242 works of prose, poetry and theatre for their 29th edition — a 65 % rise on 2025 and the third consecutive participation record.

Four people face trial at the Valencia Provincial Court over an alleged contract killing attempt in Puçol in December 2022, with a reported fee of €30,000.

Environmental group Ecologistas en Acción has included the beaches of Puerto de Sagunto and Canet d'en Berenguer in its 2026 Black Flags report, blaming port works by the Valencia Port Authority for damaging the local coastline.

Sagunto City Council started levelling work on 26 June at the Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa beaches to remove a dangerous sand ledge left by a recent coastal restoration project.

Opposition group Compromís has tabled a motion for Sagunto's July plenary session to examine how far the City Council and the Valencia Port Authority are honouring their mutual agreement.

Mayor Darío Moreno and Culture Councillor Ana María Quesada presented the Música al Port festival, which will offer six free concerts in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) between 4 and 25 July 2026.

Authorities are asking for maximum public cooperation to locate Mia Cortés Gaia, an 11-month-old baby girl reported missing last Friday in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district).

Sagunto City Council's nature and inclusion programme reached 1,583 participants in the 2025-2026 school year, with 33 outdoor excursions and 37 awareness sessions.

Sagunto City Council is carrying out improvements at three public primary schools in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) under the Pla Edificant regional programme, with a combined investment of over 2.2 million euros.

Compromís (a Valencian left-wing coalition) unanimously elected Albert Oliver as local party secretary in Sagunto at its most recent assembly, replacing the previous leadership ahead of the 2027 municipal elections.

The Valencianist council group says Mayor Darío Moreno called a staff meeting at the municipal waste company without union representatives and with less than 24 hours' notice.

The football club from Gilet, in the Camp de Morvedre district, closed its season on 27 June with a paella competition, awards and a family day that drew a remarkable crowd for a town of its size.

The PP (People's Party) says the local government has still not acted on a plenary agreement to install shade canopies and electric chargers at taxi ranks, now well into summer.

The municipal group has filed a motion asking the Valencian Government to begin BIC proceedings — Spain's highest cultural heritage protection — for the historic seafront site on Sagunto's northern shore.

The union organised a seminar at its Sagunto office on the new law requiring large companies to negotiate sustainable workplace transport plans with workers before 5 December 2026.

The Pactem Nord consortium organised a conference at the Espai Jove (youth centre) in Puçol to examine youth unemployment, precarious work, and the housing challenges facing young people in the northern metropolitan area of Valencia.

Firefighters from the Consorci Provincial de Bombers de València (Valencia Provincial Fire Service) attended a single-vehicle road accident at kilometre 294 of the A-7 motorway, within the municipality of Sagunto, on Sunday afternoon.

Sagunto City Council holds its ordinary July plenary session this Thursday, 2 July, at 17:00, with 13 agenda items and a live broadcast on YouTube and social media.

Almenara, a Castellón municipality bordering Sagunto to the south, has unveiled a packed summer programme centred on two flagship events at Platja Casablanca beach.

Sagunto City Council members, municipal staff and residents gathered outside City Hall on 29 June to express solidarity with the victims of the earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June.

Sagunto City Council has taken on 59 workers — 52 labourers and 7 supervisors — for forest clearance and rural road maintenance running from 1 July to 23 September.

Sagunto's neighbouring municipality of 8,297 residents is facing criticism over a controversial speed camera and a gastronomy project that has never opened, with the regional anti-fraud agency weighing in.

A collision on Friday at 18:16 at kilometre marker 932.5 of the N-340 national road, heading south, blocked traffic and created lengthy queues at the entrance to Sagunto.

Atlético Saguntino (Sagunto's main football club) has launched its 2026-2027 season-ticket campaign 'Ganamos Todos' (We All Win), featuring the Monedero Rojillo: a loyalty scheme adding one euro per goal scored and one euro per victory to each subscriber's balance.

Sagunto City Council has launched a fifteen-day operation to remove a sand ledge on the beaches of Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa, with an investment of around €8,000 to restore safe and accessible beach access.

The Casal Jove youth centre in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) will host a free participatory workshop on flood risk mapping on Monday 6 July at 17:30.

The contemporary dance showcase holds its seventh edition in Faura (Camp de Morvedre) from 28 June to 12 July under the theme 'Cohabitar' (Living Together).

Sagunto municipality launched works on Friday to remove a sand drop of up to 1.5 metres on the beaches of Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa on the northern coast.

From 25 to 29 June, the small municipality next to Sagunto hosts its biggest annual celebration, with traditional bull events, music, paella and a national fire-bull contest on Saturday 27.

By late August, Sagunto residents will find a complete set of recycling bins every 150 metres, with sensors that automatically adjust collection schedules based on fill levels.

The Pactem Nord Consortium is bringing together trade unions, the regional jobs agency LABORA and the Universitat Politècnica de València to discuss youth unemployment and emancipation.

After nearly a decade of restoration, the Fortí del Grau Vell — Sagunto's former Ibero-Roman port site — opens to the public on 25 June with five themed rooms and free guided tours.

After years of EU-funded restoration, the Grau Vell (historic port area) opens a five-room museum tracing the city's seafaring history from the Iberian era to the present day.

Sagunto City Council has installed more than two thirds of 1,634 new side-loading waste containers across the municipality, with full deployment expected by August 2026.

Sagunto City Council has announced the Port Pride Sagunt programme, a week of cultural and advocacy events running from 6 to 11 July in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district).

UD Castellonense have signed Malian striker Adama Sangare, 26, who finished last season as Atlético Saguntino's leading scorer, to bolster their attack ahead of their debut in Segunda Federación (Spain's fourth tier).

Local midfielder Toni Huerta will not return to Atlético Saguntino next season, ending a comeback that lasted only one campaign.

Sagunto's performing arts festival fills August with theatre, dance, music and circus around the theme «Who are we?», running 1 to 23 August.

Sagunto's Roman Theatre will host 804 spectators per show this summer — up from 608 in the past two years — after €165,000 of safety works funded by the IVC.

Brothers Manel and Jaume Pérez Ripoll, joined by pianist Juan Songel Sanchis, will perform on 28 June at the plaça de l'Hostal in Faura (Camp de Morvedre) with the show «Fent òpera» as a prelude to the Vicent Garcés cycle.

Sagunto's Municipal Police has launched a special operation along the coast on Midsummer Night following an orange-level fire-risk alert issued by the Valencian Government for the entire Valencia coastal province.

The Valencian Government and the EU are co-funding a new wastewater treatment plant at Parc Sagunt II, designed to process 30,000 m³ per day and supply reclaimed water to local farms and incoming industries, including PowerCo's battery gigafactory.

Sagunto's Municipal Police is deploying a dedicated drone and patrol unit at the beaches of Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa on Midsummer Night, following a request by local residents' group Almardà Viva.

The Spanish government on Monday authorised construction of the La Plana-Morella high-voltage line, a critical piece of infrastructure to secure electricity supply to PowerCo's battery gigafactory in Sagunto.

Puerto de Sagunto's summer music festival offers six free shows between 4 and 25 July at the Centro Cívico Antiguo Sanatorio and, for the first time, at the courtyard of Colegio Begoña.

Sagunto City Council is staging a roaming fire, percussion and music show along Avenida del Mediterráneo in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) this Tuesday, starting at 22:30 and ending with fireworks by Pirotecnia Turís at exactly 23:59.

Construction of the new EDAR wastewater treatment plant at Parc Sagunt II is on track, funded jointly by the EU and the Valencian regional government at a total cost of €50.77 million over 25 months.

Clubs in Group VI of Spain's Tercera Federación (fifth tier) have begun making signings for 2026/27, with CD Acero leading local activity while Atlético Saguntino has yet to announce any moves.

Jorge Pardo and Álex Conde stage the world premiere of Jat Jazz Bolling Flamenco on Sunday 28 June at the Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo in Sagunto, a new project fusing jazz, flamenco and classical music.

The Federació Junta Fallera de Sagunt (FJFS — the local Fallas federation) has proclaimed Empar Ríos and Maria Pozuelo as its new Fallera Mayor and Fallera Mayor Infantil for the 2026-2027 season.

Valencia firefighters from the Sagunto station extinguished a vegetation fire on Sunday afternoon in the farming area of Quartell, the second wildfire to hit the Camp de Morvedre district that day.

A vegetation fire that broke out on Sunday near the Palancia River forced residents to leave their homes in Estivella and brought five aircraft and multiple ground crews into action.

The price per square metre in Sagunto jumped from €894 to €1,729 between 2021 and 2026, the largest percentage increase among major Spanish municipalities, according to property portal Idealista.

The Federació Junta Fallera de Sagunt (the Fallas festival federation for the Camp de Morvedre district) has officially proclaimed Empar Ríos and Maria Pozuelo as its Falleras Mayores for the 2027 cycle, along with their honour courts.

Sagunto City Hall hosted the official proclamation on Friday of Empar Ríos as Fallera Mayor and Maria Pozuelo as Fallera Mayor Infantil of the Federació Junta Fallera de Sagunt (FJFS) for the 2026-2027 fallas season.

The Beach Unit of Sagunto's Municipal Police has taken part in the first edition of the Flood and Flash Flood Rescue Course, delivered by IVASPE alongside officers from other Valencian municipalities.

Sagunto City Council has formally accepted completion of firebreak improvement works at Romeu mountain, funded by EU Next Generation funds, with a total investment of €29,338.

Sagunto City Council has finished restoring the Romeu firebreak area — the first comprehensive intervention at the site in over three decades — at a cost of 29,338 euros funded by European recovery money.

On Tuesday 23 June from 22:30, Avenida Mediterráneo in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) will host a travelling fire and percussion show, with a midnight fireworks display over the harbour.

The vocational training centre planned next to PowerCo's battery gigafactory in Sagunto will not open until the 2027/2028 academic year — one year late — according to local political group Iniciativa Porteña.

A 38-year-old man from Benifairó de les Valls, a village in the Camp de Morvedre district, died on Friday 19 June after being attacked with a bladed weapon in the coastal neighbourhood of Casablanca, in Almenara (Castellón province).

The People's Party (PP) municipal group says promised shelters and equipment have sat idle for months while cat colonies keep growing across Sagunto neighbourhoods.

The A-23 motorway near Gilet (Camp de Morvedre district) was reopened on Friday 19 June after a crash at kilometre 4 diverted traffic for several hours.

Sagunto City Council is heading the REWEAVE project under the EU's URBACT Action Networks programme, together with six other European cities, to transform the Pantalà pier area and the Gerència district into an open, sustainable urban corridor.

A Sagunto resident has been requesting the repair of the wheelchair elevator at the historic Casa dels Berenguer building for more than a year, with no effective response from the City Council.

People living in Fusión — the partly developed area between Sagunto and Puerto de Sagunto known as Internúcleos — report rising insecurity, pest infestations and a lack of basic municipal upkeep.

The business association of Camp de Morvedre comarca is organising a hands-on session on applying artificial intelligence to everyday professional work, aimed at local professionals and small businesses.

The municipality of Albalat dels Tarongers has temporarily paused archaeological work at Castell del Piló to reinforce its most vulnerable structures before resuming excavation.

The new Nomenclàtor Toponímic Valencià — a register of over 125,000 place names published by the Valencian Language Academy (AVL) — has assigned the Barraix spring to both Estivella and Serra, reigniting the village's historical claim to the site.

Sagunto City Council heads the REWEAVE project as lead partner in an application to the EU's URBACT Action Networks programme, together with six cities from Denmark, Italy, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Greece and Serbia.

The town council of Canet d'En Berenguer, a municipality in the Camp de Morvedre district bordering Sagunto, says a poor transparency rating published this week reflects only a 2025 trial run, not its current situation.

The Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo in Sagunto will host the world premiere of Jat Jazz Bolling Flamenco on 28 June at 20:30, a concert blending jazz, flamenco and classical music with a Valencian identity.

Writer and educator Tony Rham presents «Las meditaciones cotidianas» (Daily Meditations) on Saturday 20 June at noon at Librería El Puerto bookshop in Puerto de Sagunto, with free entry until capacity is reached.

A scrubland fire that broke out at 16:28 on Wednesday spread through allotment fields between the A-7 motorway and the Almardà and Corinto residential areas, in the northern part of Sagunto's municipal territory.

The Provincial Council of Valencia (Diputació de València) has completed a full rehabilitation of the Camí de les Valls, the main road linking the Vall de Segó villages to Sagunto, at a total cost of €532,000.

The Provincial Council of Valencia (Diputació de València) has finished a full overhaul of the Camí de les Valls, the rural road linking Sagunto with five neighbouring municipalities.

Sagunto City Council and more than 155 local hospitality businesses are joining the seventh edition of the Ecovidrio Green Flag challenge, which rewards coastal towns for recycling glass packaging.

The beaches of Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa on Sagunto's northern coastline have begun to lose the sand deposited just days ago under a coastal restoration project funded by Spain's Ministry for Ecological Transition.

The independent Dyntra platform has given Canet d'En Berenguer's local council only 10.87% in its municipal transparency index, with four key categories scoring zero.

From 15 June, Sagunto's municipal services company SAG has added early-morning cleaning shifts and a nightly sand-grooming tractor to keep Puerto de Sagunto and Almardà beaches ready for bathers.

Hundreds gathered in Benifairó de les Valls on 13 June for the DiversFest 'Sense por de ser' festival, organised by Nou Splay, blending live music with a message of equality.

Mayor Darío Moreno paid a centenary visit to local resident Vicenta last week and received a touching surprise from her family: an old photograph of his own mother as a teenager.

From 15 June, municipal company SAG is intensifying cleaning, disinfection and waste collection at Puerto de Sagunto and Almardà beaches.

The fifth edition of the Al Crepuscle theatre festival will take place from 18 to 21 June at Sagunto's Grau Vell archaeological site, timed around the summer solstice twilight.

The Aula Oberta (Open Classroom) initiative closed its Quartell edition with a day of debate, poetry and a round table on the future of Valencian-language public education, following a month-long teachers' strike in the area.

A Montpellier snake (culebra bastarda) measuring around 1.5 metres turned up in the machinery room of a new residential building in the Fusión area of Sagunto on Monday 8 June; Municipal Police captured it and released it into the Palancia river.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has reopened the Mas Camarena case in Canet d'En Berenguer after a complaint naming former mayors and municipal officials over a school concession annulled by the courts that ultimately cost taxpayers €2.2 million.

The Joaquín Rodrigo Professional Music Conservatory in Sagunto will hold its end-of-year concert for the 2025-2026 academic year on Sunday 15 June at 19:00 at the Joaquín Rodrigo Auditorium.

On 12 June 1812, Sagunto-born guerrilla commander José Romeu y Parras was hanged in Valencia after refusing a Napoleonic pardon; today the city council marked the anniversary at his monument.

Sagunto City Council has welcomed the staff who will run accessible beach points at Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) and Almardà this summer, with daily service from 10:00 to 19:00 starting 13 June.

The Valencianist coalition Compromís has asked the Spanish Congress of Deputies to summon the president of Valencia Port Authority over alleged non-compliance with the 2019 agreement with Sagunto City Council.

Sagunto City Council is reactivating its campaign against illegal construction waste dumping this June, after removing 3,910 tonnes in 2025 and already 1,911 tonnes in the first five months of 2026.

Sagunto City Council has activated a network of more than 30 climate shelters — free air-conditioned public spaces — to keep residents safe during heatwave episodes.

Mayor Darío Moreno Lerga posted a warm birthday message on Facebook on Wednesday, gathering the family around a milhojas pastry.

Sagunto artists Elena Uriel and Sento Llobell have designed the poster for the 13th edition of the Splash Festival, the Valencian Community's comic arts event, taking place 20–22 November in Puerto de Sagunto.

Racó de Mar beach earns the Blue Flag for the 35th consecutive year and also renews the Q for Tourist Quality and the Qualitur seal for summer 2026.

Sagunto's Department of Youth and Children presented the poster for the 13th edition of Splash — the Valencian Community Comic Festival — on 11 June, created by two local artists inspired by the sea and the port.

Sagunto City Council is launching the second edition of Viatgem Sagunt, a subsidised travel programme to Toledo and the Puy du Fou theme park for residents aged 65 and over.

A February 2026 Valencian High Court ruling ordered Canet d'En Berenguer council to pay €276,375 to Vitas de Amarre after a 2002 hotel concession was awarded on coastal land with an undisclosed public-domain restriction.

The family of priest Jaume Pons i Vallès has launched padrejaime.org to gather testimonies, photographs and documents from people who knew him in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district).

Sagunto City Council presented the prizes of the III Trobada Educativa Ciutat de Sagunt on 10 June, with eight schools recognised and one student singled out for outstanding personal achievement.

A historic march through all five municipalities of Les Valls on Wednesday 11 June brought together around 500 people demanding better school infrastructure, smaller class sizes and Valencian-language teaching.

Sagunto City Council held the third edition of the Trobada Educativa Ciutat de Sagunt on 10 June, an annual awards ceremony recognising outstanding educational projects, teachers and schools.

Sagunto City Council's Economic Promotion department attended the first Inclusive Employment Meeting on Tuesday, a flagship regional event organised by Inserta Empleo alongside ONCE and ILUNION at the Hotel ILUNION Valencia 4.

Atlético Saguntino has confirmed Guillem Beltrán will continue as manager for the 2026-27 season after guiding the club to second place in Tercera Federación Group VI and into the promotion play-offs.

Sagunto City Council honoured the best school projects and teachers of the year at an awards ceremony held on Wednesday 10 June at the Mario Monreal Cultural Centre.

Sagunto City Council paid tribute to local athlete Soukaina El Khayami, who won two silver medals at the Spanish University Athletics Championship in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events.

A vehicle fire on the A-7 motorway near Sagunto briefly halted traffic heading towards Castellón on Tuesday.

Sagunto City Council's plenary session approved a motion to improve and maintain the municipality's sports facilities, including the tendering of works at the San Francisco de Borja pitch, while making any new stadium project conditional on securing adequate funding.

Sagunto city council unanimously agreed on 4 June to request that the national MITECO ministry and the Valencian Government study and co-fund a smart sensor buoy system for the beaches of Almardà, Corinto and Malvarrosa.

Sagunto City Council approved a motion to establish a joint working group with the Valencian Government and the Provincial Council of Valencia to develop an integrated conservation plan for the historic Castle Mountain.

The Valencianist party Compromís is pressing Sagunto City Council to move faster on creating a heritage management body aimed at boosting economic activity in the historic Old Town.

A ruling by the Provincial Court of Valencia (Audiencia Provincial) has opened a new civil claim of over €1 million against José Antonio Sancho Sempere, former municipal secretary of Canet d'En Berenguer.

The Federació Junta Fallera de Sagunt (FJFS) held the official farewell ceremony for Ana Martínez and Noa Barea, Sagunto's 2026 Fallas Queens, and their Courts of Honour at the Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo on 5 June.

Sagunto City Council's Youth and Childhood Department (Concejalía de Juventud e Infancia) opened online registration today, 5 June, for Campus Joves 2026 — a free summer programme in technology, creativity and adventure for people aged 11 to 30.

Sagunto's coastal rescue service begins this Saturday with a reinforced team of 55 professionals — five more than last year — who will watch over the beaches until the last Sunday of September.

Sagunto's Municipal Police (Policía Local) presented 23 new officers at a formal ceremony in City Hall on Thursday, bringing the force to almost its full authorised strength of 126 officers.

Sagunto City Council approved the fare ordinance for urban public transport on Thursday, setting the standard single ticket at €1.50.

At its ordinary session on 4 June, Sagunto City Council approved an institutional motion in support of LGBTIQ+ rights to mark the International Day of Pride 2026.

Sagunto City Council approved a motion of institutional support for Valencian teachers on indefinite strike since 11 May, with PSOE, Iniciativa Porteña, Compromís and EU-Unides Podem voting in favour.

The Moto Séniors group from the Sociedad Vitivinícola de Sagunto (a historic social and cultural club) rode to Millau, France, to mark two decades of the towns' official twinning.

A car overturned in Sagunto on Thursday evening, trapping the driver inside and prompting an emergency response from firefighters.

Sagunto City Council approved a motion in support of LGTBIQ+ rights at its ordinary plenary session on Thursday 4 June, with all political groups voting in favour except Vox, which abstained.

CD Acero from Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) has secured three squad members from its promotion campaign and signed its first new player ahead of the 2026-27 season in Tercera RFEF.

The Valencian Government plans to begin building the Battery Campus vocational training centre linked to the PowerCo gigafactory in Sagunto before the end of 2026, with the facility set to open for the 2027-28 academic year.

The second Camp de Morvedre (comarca) employment fair brought together 24 companies and 925 job seekers at the Casal Jove youth centre in Puerto de Sagunto on 3 June.

The 11th edition of the Més Que Murs (More Than Walls) urban art festival has added seven new murals to Sagunto's streets, bringing together local, national and international artists under the theme «El Mañana que ya fuimos» (The Tomorrow We Already Were).

Sagunto's Youth Department has announced the Premios Splash 2026 winners, celebrating the best of Spanish and international comics, with the 13th festival edition set for 20–22 November in Puerto de Sagunto.

The Club de Natación Máster Morvedre is organising the 10th Travesía a Nado on 14 June at Puerto de Sagunto beach, covering 2,500 metres for adults and donating €400 to the Discamp association.

Sagunto's Equality Department called a noon gathering on Thursday at municipal buildings to condemn the suspected machista (gender-based) murder of a 48-year-old woman in Alicante.

Teachers and families from the five municipalities of Les Valls — in Camp de Morvedre — are staging a march to demand the Valencian education authority and unions end the ongoing strike.

Basketball club CB Puerto Sagunto wrapped up its season with a heartfelt tribute to players, coaching staff, fans and sponsors for their dedication throughout the campaign.

Mayor Darío Moreno shared on social media that the annual tribute to centenary residents is his favourite moment as mayor, noting that 2026 brought a record 13 honourees.

Mayor Darío Moreno Lerga wrote on his personal Facebook page that the annual tribute to Sagunto's centenarian residents is his favourite moment as mayor, in a record year with 13 honourees.

Sagunto City Council presented commemorative plaques to thirteen residents turning one hundred in 2026, closing the 21st Cultural Week for Older Adults.

Sagunto City Council premiered the documentary short 'La Trastienda' at Cines Alucine cinema to launch its new campaign promoting neighbourhood commerce.

Sagunto City Council received young rugby player Lua de Siena Castillo at a formal ceremony recognising two consecutive seasons of success with the Valencian Community selection and the Valquirias Rugby Club.

Club de Lluita Camp de Morvedre (Sagunto's local wrestling club) earned 1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals at the Spanish Senior Championships in Olympic Wrestling, Beach Wrestling and Sambo, hosted in Sagunto this week.

Canet d'En Berenguer town council (Camp de Morvedre district, neighbouring Sagunto) has rejected calls to comment on the personal finances of its former municipal secretary José Antonio Sancho Sempere, saying the matter falls outside its remit.

The Valencianist political group Compromís is asking Sagunto City Council to begin the process of declaring 42 hectares of the Castillo de Sagunto (Sagunto Castle) hillside as a protected natural area.

A Sagunto city council delegation attended commemorative events in Millau, France, this weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the two cities' twinning agreement.

Mayor Darío Moreno travelled to Salzgitter, Germany, on a twin mission: to inspect the already-operational PowerCo battery plant and to advance the twinning process between the two cities.

CD Acero of Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) and Argentine winger Jeremías Perotti, known as "El Galgo" (The Greyhound), have agreed to continue together for the 2026/27 season.

The FesCamp 2026 festival, a free open-air concert event dedicated to music in Valencian, takes place this Saturday, 6 June, next to the L'Epicentre shopping centre in Sagunto from 7:30 pm.

The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community has ruled in favour of Vitas de Amarre SL against the Canet d'En Berenguer council, ordering €276,375 in damages.

Alex Aranguren will remain in charge of the CD Acero women's team in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) for the 2026/27 season, following a landmark campaign that ended in promotion and a Copa Valenta semi-final.

The XII Tourism Conference of Camp de Morvedre (comarca surrounding Sagunto) concluded with a clear message: the sector's future depends on protecting beaches and natural spaces, prioritising quality over volume, and backing local assets.

A Sagunto City Council delegation led by Mayor Darío Moreno is in Salzgitter, Germany on 2 and 3 June to push forward the twinning process begun with a preliminary agreement in 2024.

The full council meets on Thursday 4 June at 17:00 with 21 items on the agenda and will be livestreamed on YouTube and social media.

Sagunto's Culture Department has scheduled two exhibitions, a book presentation, a theatre comedy and two concerts between 2 and 6 June.

The Camp de Morvedre business association and Fundación Talento Divergente have signed a collaboration agreement to bring neurodivergent workers into local companies.

The Valencianist party Compromís has urgently called on Sagunto City Council to set up a quality network of air-conditioned public spaces to protect residents during extreme heat events.

Balonmano Morvedre reached the final of the national Top-8 Under-14 girls handball tournament held at the Pabellón René Marigil sports hall in Sagunto, finishing second after losing to Aula Valladolid.

The Tribunal de Cuentas (Spain's national audit court) has opened an investigation into a €276,375 payment received by Canet d'En Berenguer town council, linked to the Vitas de Amarre nautical project.

Sagunto hosted the Camp de Morvedre edition of the Trobada d'Escoles en Valencià (Valencian-language schools rally) on Sunday, celebrating the event's 40th anniversary amid an ongoing teachers' strike.

Balonmano Morvedre finished their Liga Guerreras Iberdrola season with a defeat in Lanzarote against Zonzamas, but with top-flight survival already mathematically confirmed before the match.

The Federació Junta Fallera de Sagunt (FJFS) held its official nomination ceremony on Saturday 30 May, designating Empar Ríos as adult Fallera Mayor and Maria Pozuelo as Fallera Mayor Infantil for the 2027 Fallas season.

The Valencian Government is cutting its instrumental public sector spending by 5.2% in 2026 as post-DANA emergency funds wind down, but the entity managing Parc Sagunt II — earmarked for PowerCo's gigafactory — sees its budget jump nearly fourfold.

Puerto de Sagunto's basketball club faces Tres Cantos in Badajoz on Saturday in the deciding game of the promotion play-off for a place in Segunda FEB (Spain's third tier).

Mayor Darío Moreno has congratulated Empar and María on being proclaimed the new lead representatives of the Moros y Cristianos (traditional reenactment festival) of Sagunto, succeeding Ana and Noa.

Andreu, captain of CB Puerto Sagunto (basketball club, Puerto de Sagunto), gave his assessment of Saturday's loss to CB Prat and said the squad is already focused on the playoff replay on Sunday 31 May.

CB Puerto Sagunto (basketball club, Puerto de Sagunto) lost to CB Prat in a hard-fought match on 30 May and could not yet clinch promotion, but will have another chance on Sunday at 17:00.

CB Puerto Sagunto (basketball club from Puerto de Sagunto, coastal district of Sagunto) faces El Prat in the Tercera FEB promotion final in Badajoz on 30 May, with the match broadcast live on Canal FEB.

At the 10th AIRE Congress in Valencia, real-estate developers called for revising the Huerta farmland protection law and using targeted expropriations to unlock land for housing, citing the precedent set at Parc Sagunt for PowerCo's battery gigafactory.

The Valencian Government's 2026 draft budget sets aside direct grants for PowerCo, Ford, Stadler and Edwards, with Ford as the top recipient at nearly €14 million.

Sagunto City Council is organising the fifth edition of its Agricultural Technical Conference in June, with two free talks on citrus genetic improvement and wild boar crop damage for farmers across Camp de Morvedre comarca.

Women excluded from marching in Sagunto's centuries-old Holy Week procession have sent a letter to Pope Leo XIV, asking him to use his upcoming visit to Spain to support their right to full membership of the brotherhood.

Sagunto City Council has completed a new multimodal transport interchange next to the Renfe station on Avinguda País Valencià, bringing buses, trains and cycle lanes together in a single hub funded by Next Generation EU.

The Casa de la Cultura Capellà Pallarés in Sagunto hosted a forum on 27 May, organised by Avanta Prevención (occupational health firm), to assess the impact of absenteeism and temporary disability on businesses in Camp de Morvedre.

Club Balonmano Morvedre (Sagunto's women's handball team) travels to Lanzarote this Saturday for the final league match of the season against Zonzamas, a side fighting to avoid relegation from the Liga Guerreras Iberdrola (top division of Spanish women's handball).

Albert Llueca, spokesperson and local secretary of Compromís (Valencian left-green coalition) in Sagunto, has resigned from his post citing personal reasons.

The young business leaders' association Propeller Junior Valencia visited PowerCo's Sagunto site last Wednesday to get a first-hand look at progress on the future battery gigafactory.

CD Acero from Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) have signed offensive midfielder Hugo Pérez, a product of Villarreal CF's youth academy, ahead of their campaign in the Tercera Federación (fifth tier of Spanish football).

Club Baloncesto Puerto Sagunto (Puerto de Sagunto, coastal district) faces its second promotion round match tomorrow in Badajoz, with the game broadcast live on Canal FEB.

A group of cyclists will leave Sagunto's René Marigil arena on 6 June for a ~400 km round trip to El Poyo del Cid (Teruel), raising funds for the Anjel con J de joven association.

Vicente Lafuente, the new president of CEV (Valencian Community Business Confederation), held his first territorial visit with ASECAM representatives in Sagunto to discuss the key challenges facing businesses in the Camp de Morvedre comarca.

The Camp de Morvedre comarca (Valencia region) is joining World Fair Trade Day celebrations in a year when the organised fair trade movement in Spain turns 40.

Sagunto's mayor, Darío Moreno Lerga, posted a bilingual message on Facebook on Tuesday 27 May calling on residents to vote with conviction ahead of the 2027 municipal elections.

Sagunto City Council celebrated the local handball club's promotion to Liga ASOBAL (Spain's top professional handball league), secured on 24 May with an 18-17 win over CD Agustinos Alicante.

The Centro Cultural Mario Monreal in Sagunto will host a charity concert featuring more than 30 musicians performing the greatest hits of the 1980s and 1990s.

The annual Trobada d'Escoles en Valencià — a rally promoting the Valencian language in schools — will be held in Sagunto's Plaza Cronista Chabret on Sunday 31 May from 10:00.

Spanish grocery cooperative Consum is opening a new supermarket in Sagunto tomorrow — its sixth in the town — bringing its total in the Valencian Community to 540 stores.

Lara González has denounced that pupils at the school in Quart de les Valls (Camp de Morvedre comarca) have spent years in prefabricated temporary classrooms while the community pays for duplicate infrastructure.

Atlético Saguntino (known locally as 'los Romanos') were knocked out of the promotion playoff to Segunda Federación after their 1-0 home win proved insufficient to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit.

Sagunto City Hall has officially received young player Suhaila Pérez in recognition of her contribution to the Valencian Community team at the Spanish Under-12 Autonomous Regions Championship.

Around 400 athletes from thirteen regional teams will compete in Sagunto from 29 to 31 May in the Spanish Olympic Wrestling and Beach Disciplines Championship.

Javier Martín and Eloy de Castro, students at IES Camp de Morvedre secondary school in Sagunto, have taken first prize at the tenth edition of the Premios Fem Futur entrepreneurship awards with an AI parking app.

Vocational training centre Open Space Comarcal is offering new subsidised hospitality courses for employees and self-employed workers in the Camp de Morvedre comarca.

Residents of Sagunto have until Sunday 31 May to submit investment proposals to the 2027 Participatory Budget; the City Hall has set aside €500,000 for winning projects.

Sagunto's Municipal Police identified the car involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run on Isla Menorca street in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) in the early hours of 24 May; the driver later surrendered to police in Madrid.

The cultural association of the Sants de la Pedra neighbourhood has presented its annual street festival programme, running from 5 to 14 June with municipal support.

Local councillors from Compromís have formally requested that Sagunto City Hall improve the condition of its municipal petanque (pétanque) courts after meeting with players' representatives.

The driver sought in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) voluntarily turned himself in to police in Madrid and admitted responsibility for the accident.

CD Acero (Puerto de Sagunto, coastal district) has confirmed that Malena, the women's team midfielder and captain, will continue with the club in the Primera Regional Valenta (regional women's football league) for the 2026/27 season.

Large-scale projects including PowerCo (Volkswagen's battery gigafactory) and Inditex logistics are driving buyers out of Sagunto and into nearby municipalities such as Almenara, where house prices have risen 59.5% since 2022.

A man died in the early hours of Sunday in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) after emergency services were unable to revive him following a road accident near the Chocomel roundabout.

Mayor Darío Moreno announced this evening at Sagunto City Council the election of the new Falleras Mayores (top ceremonial figures of the Fallas festival) for 2026-2027.

Atlético Saguntino host CF La Nucía on Sunday 24 May at 18:00 at the Nou Camp de Morvedre stadium in the second leg of the regional promotion playoff, needing to overturn a 1-3 first-leg deficit.

The Provincial Council of Valencia will direct over one million euros to 15 municipalities in the Camp de Morvedre district to strengthen resilience against floods and other natural disasters.

Sagunto City Council's Social Services Department has started a new workshop, 'Caminen cap a l'ocupació' (Walking Towards Employment), aimed at improving job prospects for 20 local participants.

Sagunto's urban art festival opens on 22 May with murals, graffiti, rap music and a round table, running until 31 May with local and international artists.

Sagunto City Council's Equality Department called a minute of silence on Friday 22 May outside municipal buildings to condemn the alleged femicides in Alicante, Navarra and Girona.

Canet d'En Berenguer council has denied accusations of wrongdoing related to former municipal secretary José Antonio Sancho Sempere, citing a January 2026 Tribunal de Cuentas ruling and an archived 2021 prosecution.

The Trobades d'Escoles en Valencià gathering planned for this weekend in Sagunto has been postponed in solidarity with the teachers' indefinite strike and the 23 May demonstration in Valencia for public and Valencian-language education.

Sagunto City Council is organising its 21st Senior Citizens Cultural Week from 25 to 29 May, featuring theatre, a day trip, an internet-safety talk, intergenerational activities and a tribute to the city's centenarians.

Sagunto's Local Security Board met on Thursday to coordinate the security deployment for FesCamp 2026, a free Valencian-language music festival set for Saturday 6 June near the L'Epicentre shopping centre in Puerto de Sagunto.

The Sagunto City Council is rolling out 'En moviment', a 200-hour itinerary for around fifteen people in vulnerable situations that will run from May to December.