The territory of the municipality of Moncada was the subject of an intense human occupation from the early days of
Romanization. There are few data we have from earlier times. In the area known as the
Xop and in some fields for extraction of clay for pottery, appeared a few fragments of ceramic belonging to handmade vessels and two arrowheads. Also before the Roman times is the Iberian settlement of
Tos Pelat, which remaining parts of its walled town and were seen sections of the walls of the rooms, and were for a long time been collected fragments of Iberian vessels with geometric decoration painted and even whole pieces. We know the existence of two large rustic Roman villas, one in the departure of
Pou or
Pousaig and the other in the departure of
Bordellet. By the characteristics of the collected materials, both towns should to blossom during the 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD. The origin of the population is attributed to the Iberian or Roman period, due to the archaeological materials found in its term. King
James I in 1239 granted to the inhabitants of the conquered lands of Valencia, of all water and major medium and minor irrigation ditches, but literally and expressly reserved the channel that was called Real, that it was going to Puzol, better known as the "Royal Ditch of Moncada" that irrigates most of the left bank of the River
Turia, from
Paterna to
Puçol. It extended the boundaries of irrigation on the twenty towns and thirteen districts that conform the irrigable area of the Royal Ditch of Moncada, specifically the populations of
Quart de Poblet,
Paterna,
Burjassot,
Godella,
Rocafort, Moncada,
Alfara of the Patriarch,
Vinalesa,
Bonrepos and Mirambell,
Almàssera,
Foios,
Meliana,
Albalat dels Sorells,
Museros,
Albuixech,
Massalfassar,
Massamagrell,
La Pobla de Farnals,
Rafelbuñol,
El Puig and
Puzol, and the hamlets of Benimàmet, Beniferri, Masarrojos,
Benifaraig, Carpesa, Borbotó,
Casas de Bárcena, Mahuella, Tauladella, Rafalell and Vistabella. The first written documentation come from, however, of the time of the
Catalan conquest. Some years later, Moncada returned to crown and was changed to the Order of the Temple by the Farmhouse of
Ruzafa in 1246 (to have greater strategic value by keeping the southern flank of the capital of the
Kingdom). In 1248 the commander of the Templars granted
Municipal corporation Population Charter and about in the same time was created the bailiff of Moncada, one of the richest of the Order of the Temple, and after the
Order of Montesa, which was passed after being suppressed in the early 14th century. During the War of Succession in 1706, Moncada was occupied by the Bourbon army. This occupation lasted short time as
Basset, Austracist general, forced it to raise its reals. After the Spanish Civil War, the city suffered a widespread destruction during the conflict and Salvador Rodrigo Rosalen is left in front of City Hall.
Moncada Islamic Necropolis In 1996 to realize the excavations for the foundations of a house in Barreres street were found seven human burials pointing to an Islamic origin;
Islamic culture were dated between the 11th and 13th centuries. Located archaeologically the location of the Islamic
necropolis, the subsequent discovery in 2006 of some silos and the remains of two houses in The Ravalet, dating from the Almohad period (12th century), allowed the archaeological finding Islamic origin or previous of the city. Between November 2006 and January 2007 in San Roque Street, following the demolition of a house, they found 25 to 30 bodies of young people in good condition and a few babies in almost good condition, dating from around the 12th century. Some showing large head injuries, which were shattered by impacts. It is presumed that the bodies found professed the Muslim religion by the way in which lay buried. In early 2006, were found traces of the Moorish occupation, in what some experts have dubbed "the hamlet of Moncada" next to the Palace of the Counts of Rótova, current city council of the Municipality of Moncada. This finding corresponds to a first level. In the second level were found houses dating from the 16th century. == Demography ==