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Services
The local police have immobilised 22 e-scooters since 26 October in a campaign running until Wednesday 4 November, with the traffic regulations in force since 1 October and compulsory insurance already applying to certified, registered vehicles.
October’s ordinary session also approves a five-year extension of the cession of the Alfredo García building to the Depén de Tu association, closes the DANA emergency works at the sports centre with Compromís voting against, and unanimously opens proceedings to annul the panel that was to appoint the nursery school head.
The town council has cancelled the music listening workshop and the storytelling session «Un cabàs de Monstres Valencians», scheduled for Friday 30, and the family activity «Per Tots Sants Monstres Valencians» on Saturday 31, and has called on residents to join Thursday’s minute of silence.
Both Mondefruta Montserrat teams won in the seventh round of the Interpobles Edicom and Montserrat B play their postponed match against Faura at home this Friday.
The pair competing under the name of the Ajuntament de Montserrat are knocked out of the Pro1 escala i corda competition by Giner i Tomàs II at the El Rullo trinquet in Riba-roja and miss out on the final.
The Preferente side are second in group C on four points, while the cadets remain top after a 50-8 win over Algemesí C and both the senior B and alevín teams lost at home (66-72 and 8-48).
The cadet A side began their Segona Regional campaign with an 8-0 win over Benimar Picanya B and lead their group, while the first team lost 6-1 at Algemesí and the alevín A side remain second.
Culture & Festivals
The day opened with the performance by members of the collective and continued with the traditional breakfast of coca salada, a savoury flatbread, and a dance that closed the event, in an edition devoted to the text Estellés wrote after Pinochet’s coup.
The prebenjamín A side began their campaign with a 9-0 win over Turís A and both alevín sides won away, while the first team lost at home to Promeses Sueca (0-1) and the federation has postponed the six fixtures scheduled for Sunday because of the weather, including the infantil A game in Montserrat.
Sports
The pair competing under the name of the Ajuntament de Montserrat beat Riba-roja’s trio in the quarter-finals of the Copa Caixa Popular d’escala i corda, while the Mondefruta Montserrat A side stay top of their galotxa group.
The cadet side won 42-2 at Picassent to lead group N of the Segunda Zonal, the infantil side lost 59-18 at Alaquàs, the senior A team did not play and their trip to San Pedro Moixent has been set for Friday 30 October.
Education
The centre, owned by the Mancomunitat Vall dels Alcalans, has 150 students enrolled this year — a «very considerable rise» on the previous one — and keeps a branch in Montserrat for English B1, Valencian A2, digital skills and ELE 1 Spanish for foreigners on Friday mornings.
Festivals
The Galician band, active since 1968, will play at the Pàrquing de Jaume I from 7.30 pm this Saturday 17, at the Sant Roc revetlla that the patronal festivities left postponed with no new date.
Culture & Festivals
The day will begin at 9.30 am with a performance of «Oratori per la mort de Víctor Jara», a stage text by the Valencian poet Vicent Andrés Estellés, and will continue at 10.30 am with a popular breakfast of bacon and sardine flatbreads in the carrer Vicent Andrés Estellés, at 10 euros per person.
The organisers have postponed the event, promoted by Montserrat Suma and the Ajuntament de Montserrat and announced for Friday 16 October at 7.00 pm at Casa de la Cultura, without setting a new date for the time being.
Town Hall
The Ajuntament de Montserrat (the town council) keeps its electoral roll consultation and claims service open until Monday 19 October, a roll that places the town’s 7,435 voters —7,329 residents in the municipality and 106 registered abroad— across five sections, ten polling tables and four polling stations already published in the provincial gazette.
Environment
Rain since Saturday night has brought 85 litres per square metre at the Casadalt station and 75.2 at Masia Trinitat, the last shower fell on Monday afternoon and AEMET no longer has any warning in force in the province of Valencia, with the town back to normal.
The senior A side of Club Bàsquet Montserrat beat B.C. L’Alcúdia at the municipal sports hall on Saturday in the opening round of group C in the Preferente division, a Ribera Alta derby that leaves them second in the table.
The first team of UE Vall dels Alcalans, the club of the sub-district of la Ribera Alta that includes Montserrat, have taken nine points from five games and will host the second-placed Promeses Sueca on Saturday 17 October at 6 pm at the Poliesportiu Pep Cerveró in Real.
The first team won 2-3 away at Catarroja to stay sixth in Primera FFCV, while the reserves, the youth team and the under-14s all suffered defeats in a round played over the weekend of 3 and 4 October.
The Montserrat basketball club field two senior sides —the A team in the Preferente division and the B team in the Segunda Zonal— and three youth teams at cadet, infantil and alevín level, all playing their home games at the municipal sports hall.
Culture
The writer and visual artist from Vila-real will give a talk on the history of the freak shows on Friday 23 October at 7 pm at the Casa de la Cultura in Montserrat, as part of the Montserrat Suma Cultura cultural programme.
Sports
The town’s pilota club won Sunday’s final against CPV La Rectoria 40-30 to be crowned champions of the Champions de Llargues, the European champions’ tournament played in carrer Salvador Seguí with thirteen teams from six federations.
Culture & Festivals
The Montserrat cultural association is sharing the «33 Mossets» infographic, a gastronomic tour of the 33 Valencian comarques (traditional districts), with la Ribera Alta represented by orange, fresh cheese and honey.
The State Meteorological Agency deactivates the red warning for rain on the northern coast of Valencia, which includes Montserrat, and keeps the orange level for tonight, with showers and storms staying under yellow warning until Saturday in an episode that lasts at least until Monday.
Thirteen clubs from six European federations —five of them Valencian, including CPV Montserrat— will compete for the title from 2 to 4 October in the town centre.
Vermouth bars, freshly made tapas, an artisan market and live music will fill the plaça del Raval over three days, in a weekend of activities for all ages organised by Ajuntament de Montserrat.
Sports
Stage eight of the Vuelta a España, between Puçol and Xeraco, will cross the urban area of Montserrat on Saturday 29 August, entering via avinguda Carles Salvador and leaving along avinguda Blasco Ibáñez towards Montroi, with traffic disruption from 2 pm.
Sports
The 19th edition runs from 24 to 30 August at Casa de la Cultura, bringing together representatives of 41 clubs for nine rounds of classical chess rated for FIDE Elo and eligible for an International Master norm.
Festivals
The Orba livestock breeder tops the final standings of Montserrat’s Setmana Taurina, ahead of Germans Benavent and Raúl Izquierdo, while Espléndida receives the highest individual score in an edition affected by a red heat warning and rain.
Festivals
Bull-running events return to Montserrat on Thursday 20 August with David Alfaro’s bou en corda at 8 am and Fernando Machancoses’s prova i entrà at 1 pm, after the event planned for Wednesday was cancelled because of the heatwave.
Environment
The State Meteorological Agency keeps the red-level warning for high temperatures in the northern coast of the province of València, which includes Montserrat, with 43 degrees forecast and a high of 44 in the municipality between 1 pm and 9 pm, in what will be the warmest day of the week.
The Societat Instructiva Unió Musical offered its two traditional Festes Majors concerts in the Plaça de l’Església (the church square), with a programme ranging from the pasodoble to the symphonic poem and a central homage to Ludwig van Beethoven for the festivitat of Sant Roc.
Festivals
The festive parade made its way through Montserrat on the afternoon of Thursday 13 August with displays prepared by participating groups, while the jury assessed craftsmanship, originality and staging.
Services
Montserrat's urban centre went nearly two days without normalised drinking water due to works to divert the arterial pipe for the new northern access roundabout, with the service restored on the afternoon of Tuesday 4 August after successive interruptions and Veolia expecting the network to return to normal on Wednesday.
Sports
The race held on Friday 31 July recorded 668 classified finishers, with Adrián Moscardó winning in 33:02 and Reyes Moreno in 38:02; local clubs Santamaría Sanz and Montserrat Corre had 23 athletes reach the finish.
Festivals
The 20th edition of this local tradition once again brought together different generations of Montserrat residents by year of birth in Plaça de la Constitució on the night of Saturday 1 August, after uncertain weather had left the event in doubt for part of the afternoon.
The CPV Montserrat player won the Itegra Valencian Individual Galotxa Championship for the second consecutive year by beating Xato of CPV Quart de les Valls 70-30 in the Primera Carrer final played in Foios.
Society
Spain’s national plan for high temperatures remains active throughout the summer and stresses that regular hydration, less exposure during the hottest hours and early recognition of symptoms can stop heat-related illness from developing into a medical emergency.
Environment
The eclipse will begin in the town at about 7.38 pm and peak at around 8.33 pm, when the Moon will completely cover the Sun for roughly 42 seconds, very close to the western horizon.
The ordinary July session includes the swearing-in of new political groups, recognition of the 30th anniversary of Civil Protection, and the settlement of the 2025 budget.
The Town Council announces the contest for floats, troupes, figures and traditions of the festive parade, with the starting-order draw on 7 August at 6 pm in the plenary hall.
The Youth Department bids farewell this Wednesday to the night-time activity series that has combined heritage, nature, wellbeing and community in four free events throughout July.
Culture & Festivals
The festival closed with full houses for all six concerts held from 20 to 25 July in the Plaça de l'Església, with ensembles from Spain, Italy and Germany and a programme running from Mozart's classicism to contemporary saxophone.
Sports
The men's national team won their second World Cup by beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the MetLife Stadium final, with a goal from substitute Ferran Torres, making Spain the first country to reign simultaneously in both the men's and women's World Cups.
Festivals
The «Prova i Entrà» bullfighting club has released the full programme for the Setmana Taurina, with daily trial runs, novilladas, dawn bou en corda, competitions for recortadores and emboladors, and a bou embolat every midnight.
Sports
Mondefruta Montserrat claimed the regional under-10 title with a 50-25 victory over Foios, while CPV Montserrat's Óscar leads the Individual Galotxa Championship after beating Adrián of Borbotó 70-45.
Sports
Spain defeated Belgium 2-1 in the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals through goals from Fabián Ruiz and Mikel Merino, who settled the match in the 88th minute, and will face France in the semi-finals.
The Diputació de València has tendered the works to build a roundabout on the access to Montserrat from the CV-416, an action demanded for years by the municipality to solve the road safety problem existing at the junction connecting the road with the urban centre.
The Spanish national team qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup after beating Portugal 1-0 in Arlington with a Mikel Merino strike in stoppage time, in an Iberian classic decided in the dying moments.
Festivals
The town council has released the full calendar for the Festes Majors, running from early July to late August with children's activities, concerts, the International Chamber Music Week, the Feast of Our Lady of August and the Feast of Sant Roc.
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