--- title: "Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle 2026: when and where it's a public holiday — festivos.io" description: "Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle is a local holiday in 9 municipalities, accounting for 36,063 residents in the 2025 register. In 2026 it falls on 17 August." source: "https://festivos.io/en/holiday/fiestas-de-san-roque-dia-habil-del-ciclo" --- # Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle Saint Roch (16 August), plague patron, centres summer pilgrimages and festivals; the «día hábil del ciclo» places the labour holiday on a working day of that week. - **Level:** Local holiday - **Date 2026:** Monday 17 August - **Municipalities:** 9 - **Residents · 2025 register:** 36,063 - **Where most:** Andalucía (6) ## Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle in the working calendar In 2026, the dataset records Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle as a local holiday in 9 municipalities, accounting for 36,063 residents in the 2025 register. The most common date is 17 August 2026. 2 municipalities set it on another date. This comparison uses only the official working calendars incorporated into the dataset for each year. ## Demographics of the covered population Age, citizenship, birthplace and average-age structure from the 2025 Annual Population Census. | Demographic profile | % | | --- | --- | | Women / men | 50.2% / 49.8% | | Aged 0–14 | 11.4% | | Aged 15–64 | 63.2% | | Aged 65+ | 25.4% | | Foreign citizenship | 9% | | Born outside Spain | 12.2% | | Weighted mean age | 47.4 years | ### How it differs from its surroundings Comparison with Spain and with the aggregate of the 3 regions where it is observed. All five comparisons are population-weighted and use only the 2025 Annual Census. A positive sign means the covered population has a higher value than the benchmark. | Demographic profile | Covered population | Compared with Spain | Compared with its 3 regions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Aged 0–14 | 11.4% | -1.6 pp | -1.6 pp | | Aged 65+ | 25.4% | +4.7 pp | +4.3 pp | | Foreign citizenship | 9% | -5.1 pp | -1 pp | | Born outside Spain | 12.2% | -7.1 pp | -1.4 pp | | Weighted mean age | 47.4 years | +2.9 years | +2.6 years | The largest difference from Spain is in “Born outside Spain”: -7.1 pp. Sex comes from the 2025 municipal register; all other metrics come from the 2025 Annual Census. Each percentage uses the total from its own statistical operation. [INE municipal tables 68535 and 68541](). ## What is Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle Saint Roch of Montpellier, a medieval pilgrim venerated as a protector against plague and other epidemics, is celebrated on 16 August. Tradition shows him with a pilgrim’s staff, a sore on his leg and a dog—or an angel—that aids him; he is also patron of nurses, surgeons and, in popular devotion, of dogs. In Spain his cult took root after historical epidemics: many towns adopted him as patron and hold Mass, processions or romerías around mid-August, often overlapping the summer fiestas mayores. The 16th sits next to the Assumption (15th), so the festive cycle can run for several consecutive days. The label «día hábil del ciclo» means the town hall chooses, as the countable local public holiday, a working day inside that patronal week—not necessarily the 16th. In 2026, municipalities in the dataset cluster this wording in mid-August. This entry sketches the shared frame (sanctoral feast, plague patronage, summer pilgrimages and labour-calendar transfer) without inventing one town’s romería. For the exact date and source, see the municipal page. _Saint Roch_ ## Dates of Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle In 2026 it falls on Monday 17 August in most municipalities. 2 move it to another date (when it lands on a weekend or by local agreement). | Year | Main date | Municipalities | | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | Monday, 17 August | 9 | ## Official sources Official documents linked by the 2026 records. Dates can vary by territory; each municipality page preserves its specific source. Population: official municipal-register figures at 1 January 2025. [INE](). [INE municipal tables 68535 and 68541](). - [Gobierno de Aragón — Calendario laboral (Aragón Open Data)]() - [Junta de Andalucía — Calendario de fiestas locales (datos abiertos)]() - [Xunta de Galicia — Calendario laboral (datos abiertos)]() ## 9 municipalities celebrate Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle Its local holiday in 2026, by region. Each municipality links to its annual record and the available official source. Together, they account for 36,063 residents in the INE municipal register at 1 January 2025. **Andalucía** (6): Escacena del Campo, Lecrín, Riogordo, Santiago-Pontones, Serón, Tolox **Galicia** (2): Bergondo, Caldas de Reis **Aragón** (1): Calamocha ## About Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle ### When is Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle in 2026? In 2026, Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle is mainly celebrated on 17 August 2026 (Monday). Some municipalities move it to another date on the working calendar. ### In how many municipalities is Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle a holiday? It's a local holiday in 9 municipalities in 2026, accounting for 36,063 residents in the 2025 register; mostly in Andalucía (6 municipalities). ### Is Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle a national holiday? No. Saint Roch festivals — working day of the festive cycle is a local-level holiday: it's only a non-working day in the municipalities that set it as their local festival; each keeps its official source. ## Other holidays - Saint Isidore the Laborer (1052 municipalities) - San Roque (340 municipalities) - San Sebastián (260 municipalities) - San Blas (259 municipalities) - San Pedro (251 municipalities) - San Bartolomé (243 municipalities) - San Miguel (236 municipalities) - Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (209 municipalities) Per-municipality data with its official source (regional gazette). Every date is verifiable on the municipality page. Data from festivos.io — CC BY 4.0. --- Data: festivos.io — CC BY 4.0. Official source: State Official Gazette (BOE) and regional gazettes (Law 37/2007).