Sagunto

Sagunto
Sagunto (Spanish)
Sagunt (Valencian)
Flag of Sagunto
Coat of arms of Sagunto
Sagunto is located in Province of Valencia
Sagunto
Sagunto
Location in Spain
Sagunto is located in Valencian Community
Sagunto
Sagunto
Sagunto (Valencian Community)
Sagunto is located in Spain
Sagunto
Sagunto
Sagunto (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°40′48″N 0°16′42″W / 39.68000°N 0.27833°W / 39.68000; -0.27833
Country Spain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
ProvinceValencia
ComarcaCamp de Morvedre
FoundedBefore 219 BC
Government
 • TypeMayor-council government
 • BodyAyuntamiento de Sagunto
 • MayorDarío Moreno Lerga (2019-) (PSPV-PSOE)
Area
 • Total132 km2 (51 sq mi)
Elevation
49 m (161 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total70,486
 • Density532/km2 (1,380/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Saguntino, saguntina
Saguntí, saguntina
Morvedrí, morvendrina
Official languagesSpanish
Valencian
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
The Castle of Sagunto

Sagunto[a] (Valencian: Sagunt)[b][2] is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile comarca of Camp de Morvedre. It is located approximately 30 km (19 mi) north of the city of Valencia, close to the Costa del Azahar on the Mediterranean Sea.

It is best known for the remains of the ancient Iberian and Roman city of Saguntum. The siege of Saguntum in 219 BC was the trigger of the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians and the Romans.

The municipality includes three differentiated urban nuclei: Ciutat Vella (Sagunto), Grau Vell [es] and Puerto de Sagunto.[3] Over half of the population lives in the coastal settlement of Puerto de Sagunto.[3]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Both the Spanish and Valencian are official names.
  3. ^ a b Bodí Ramiro 2015, p. 13.


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