Sagunto
Sagunto (Valencian: Sagunt) 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.
Sagunto
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Sagunto Location in Spain Sagunto Sagunto (Valencian Community) Sagunto Sagunto (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 39°40′35″N 0°16′24″W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Valencia |
| Comarca | Camp de Morvedre |
| Founded | Before 219 BC |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council government |
| • Body | Ayuntamiento de Sagunto |
| • Mayor | Darío Moreno Lerga (2019-) (PSPV-PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 132 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 70,486 |
| • Density | 532/km2 (1,380/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Saguntino, saguntina Saguntí, saguntina Morvedrí, morvendrina |
| Official languages | Spanish Valencian |
| Website | Official website |
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 and Puerto de Sagunto. Over half of the population lives in the coastal settlement of Puerto de Sagunto.
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