Aragón accepts the municipal plot to build Monzón's second secondary school

The Government of Aragon has accepted the free transfer of a municipal plot of 14,486 square meters in Monzón (Huesca) intended for the construction of a second Secondary Education Institute. The decision is formalized through Decree 181/2026, of November 4, published in the Official Gazette of Aragon (BOA) number 219 on November 12, 2026, in section III “Other Provisions and Agreements,” with the official reference BOA20261112020. The agreement comes nearly a year after the Municipal Plenary approved the delivery of the land.

The decree, processed by the Department of Finance, Interior and Public Administration, is signed by the president of the regional Executive, Jorge Azcón Navarro, and by the counselor of that department, Roberto Bermúdez de Castro Mur. The operation is implemented as a mutation of public domain by change of title holder, a figure provided for in article 14.2 of Decree 347/2002, of November 19, which approves the Regulations on Assets, Activities, Services and Works of Local Entities of Aragon, allowing the transfer of ownership of an asset to another Administration while maintaining its allocation to public use or service.

The legal basis is completed by article 23 of the consolidated text of the Aragon Heritage Law, approved by Legislative Decree 1/2023, of February 22. The Executive justifies the acceptance based on a favorable report from the department competent in educational matters, which confirms that the available teaching facilities in the municipality are insufficient to provide the public education service and that the transferred plot is adequate in terms of size and location.

A plenary agreement from December 2025

The origin of the operation is the Agreement adopted on December 18, 2025, by the Plenary of the Monzón City Council, which approved the free transfer in favor of the Autonomous Community of Aragon to be used for a second Secondary Education Institute in the town. The General Directorate of Local Administration has taken note of the transfer, in compliance with article 119 of the aforementioned regional regulation.

The land has been valued by the Department of Finance, Interior and Public Administration at 853,457.17 euros, with no recorded encumbrances that could reduce its value.

The property, in data

The decree describes the transferred plot with these characteristics:

• Area: 14,486 square meters.
• Location: Las Mozas area, s/n, avenida de Lérida (N-240 road) and camino Valle Tamarite.
• Cadastral identification: polygon 21, plot 255; reference 22218A021002550001BL.
• Boundaries: to the north, polygon 21 plot 228 and camino Tamarite; to the south, polygon 21 plot 254; to the east, camino Tamarite and plot 256; to the west, avenida de Lérida and plot 257.
• Registry: Monzón property number 20582, 1st registration, in the Property Registry of Barbastro in favor of the City Council.
• Municipal inventory: number 01.01/00163.
• Nature: public domain asset, free of charges and encumbrances.
• Valuation: 853,457.17 euros.

Five years to open and thirty to maintain the use

The decree establishes specific obligations for the regional Administration. The plot will be designated for the construction of a Secondary Education Institute, with the obligation to put the infrastructure into operation within five years and to maintain that purpose for the following thirty years.

If the plot is not used for the intended purpose within that period or ceases to be so afterwards, the transfer will be considered terminated and the property will revert to the Monzón City Council with all improvements made. The acceptance will be formalized in an administrative document, sufficient title for registration in the Property Registry, and the mutation will be recorded in the General Inventory of the Heritage of Aragon once the ownership is registered in the name of the Autonomous Community.

The asset will be assigned to the public educational service of the department competent in the matter, currently the Department of Education, Science and Universities. The expenses and taxes derived from the formalization will be borne by the Autonomous Community of Aragon, and the counselor of Finance, Interior and Public Administration is authorized to formalize whatever documents are necessary.

The publication of the decree closes the administrative route for land availability and clears the main obstacle of the project: the lack of land. For the Cinca Medio region, the operation represents the essential previous step to expand the secondary education offer in Monzón, a municipality whose teaching facilities the Government of Aragon itself recognizes as insufficient, and opens a five-year window for the second institute to become a reality.

Source: Official Gazette of Aragon, number 219, of November 12, 2026, section III “Other Provisions and Agreements” (official reference: BOA20261112020).