Diputació allocates €1 million to Camp de Morvedre to prevent flooding
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.
The Diputació de València (Provincial Council of Valencia) has approved a grant of approximately €1,006,097 for municipalities in the Camp de Morvedre comarca (district), funding infrastructure improvements and prevention measures against future flooding and natural disasters. The resources will be shared among 15 of the comarca's 16 municipalities — all except Sagunto, which exceeds the 50,000-inhabitant threshold and accesses separate provincial funding streams. Camp de Morvedre comprises 16 municipalities with a combined population of 102,642 (2025), with Sagunto as its capital and most populous city at 73,031 residents.
The initiative is part of the institutional response to increasingly severe climate events along Spain's Mediterranean coast. DANA events — isolated upper-level depressions that bring extreme rainfall — are the main weather hazard in the Valencian Community between September and November; the October 2024 DANA claimed 236 lives across the provinces of Valencia, Málaga, Albacete and Cuenca.
The Provincial Council, led since July 2023 by Vicente José Mompó, provides services and infrastructure to all 266 municipalities in the province. According to elperiodicodeaqui.com, the investment significantly bolsters civil protection for a comarca that is particularly exposed to these extreme weather events.
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