Castelló d'Empúries will host the 19th edition of the Ruta de l'Art from 9 to 12 October, with more than 100 artists showing their work in 16 venues across the historic town centre.
The art trail turns some of the town's best-known buildings and spaces into temporary exhibition sites for four days. Visitors can walk from one venue to the next, seeing a range of artistic disciplines while also passing some of the most distinctive corners of the old town.
The programme also includes an art market, a children's drawing contest called RutaKids and an installation by the Red Cross.
Figueres will not raise its waste collection tax in 2027. Other municipal taxes and fees will rise, but by less than inflation. The city council presented its draft tax bylaws for next year with the stated aim of easing the burden on households.
Mayor Jordi Masquef and finance councillor Ramon Pastoret presented the proposal in the council's plenary hall. The ordinances (the local bylaws that set municipal taxes, fees and public prices each year) were due to go before the ordinary council meeting on Thursday afternoon.
The headline figures are simple. Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) put the consumer price index (CPI) at 4.9% in September. Figueres will raise its fees by 3%. Property tax, known as IBI, will go up by 2%, almost three points below inflation.
Roses town council will not raise any municipal tax rates in 2027, continuing the freeze it has applied in recent years. The only change on the tax side is a new 15% discount on the plusvàlua for certain inherited homes.
The freeze covers all five municipal taxes. These are the IBI (the annual property tax), the vehicle circulation tax, the plusvàlua, the IAE (the business activity tax) and the ICIO (the tax on construction and building works). The plusvàlua is the municipal tax charged on the increase in land value when a property changes hands, including through an inheritance.
Figueres City Council is now accepting applications from traders who want a stall at this year's Christmas Market. The market will be held on the town's Rambla from 27 November to 24 December.
Anyone interested has until 2 November to submit an application.
The market is organised directly by the Ajuntament de Figueres, the town council. The council has published the participation rules and an application form, and both can be downloaded from its website.
Almost four weeks on the Rambla
The Rambla is the central promenade of Figueres, the capital of the Alt Empordà county. It is one of the town's main meeting points and a natural setting for a seasonal market.
The youth development squad of Club Trail Running Cap de Creus has finished the 2026 Copa Catalana de Curses per Muntanya with five athletes provisionally in the top three of the overall standings.
The Copa Catalana is the Catalan cup series for mountain running. Its final round took place this weekend in Alcanar, in southern Catalonia. The club's young runners came home with several podium finishes on the day, and their season totals now point to one title, one runner-up spot and three third places.
The final standings are still provisional. They are awaiting official confirmation from the FEEC, the Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya, the federation that governs mountain sports in Catalonia.
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