Catarroja | |
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  Catarroja Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates:39°24′10″N0°24′16″W / 39.40278°N 0.40444°W /39.40278; -0.40444 | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
| Province | Valencia |
| Comarca | Horta Sud |
| Judicial district | Catarroja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lorena Silvent Ruiz (PSPV-PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 30,142 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Catarrojan catarrogí, -ina (Val.) catarrojín, -ina (Sp.) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 46470 |
| Official language(s) | |
| Website | Official website |
Catarroja (Valencian:[kataˈrɔdʒa],also[kataˈrɔdʒɔ];Spanish:[kataˈroxa]) is amunicipality in thecomarca ofHorta Sud in theValencian Community, Spain.[2]
In October 2024 it was devastated by theoverflow of the Poyo river.
The town name is originally a hybrid between theArabic term إقطاع ("iqṭā"), which means "land", and theValencian term "roja", which means red.[3]
TheSpanish Socialist Workers' Party held the mayoralty from 1979 until 1995 when aPeople's Party-led administration replaced them. This served until 2015 whenCoalició Compromís gained the mayoral position as part of a minority administration.
| 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | |
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| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 7 | |||||||||||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| United Left (IU) | 2* | 1* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| People's Party (PP) | 8# | 2# | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Valencian Union (UV) | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Progressive Independent Group | 3 | |||||||||||
| Coalició Compromís (Compromís) | 1† | 1† | 1† | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| Citizens (C's) | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Vox (Vox) | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total number of seats | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Source:[4]
*Results for theCommunist Party of Spain. In 1986 they joined with other parties to form the current United Left.
#In 1983, thePeople's Alliance (AP),Democratic Popular Party (PDP), Liberal Union (UL) and Valencian Union (UV) formed a four-party electoral alliance. The electoral alliance ended in 1986 and the AP and UV contested the 1987 local elections separately. In 1989 the AP merged with the PDP and UL to form the current People's Party.
†Results for the Valencian People's Union, who later formed the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV).
| Term | Name | Political party |
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| 1979-1983 | Antonio Cubillos Royo |  PSPV-PSOE |
| 1983-1987 | Antonio Cubillos Royo | PSPV-PSOE |
| 1987-1991 | Antonio Cubillos Royo | PSPV-PSOE |
| 1991-1995 | Antonio Cubillos Royo | PSPV-PSOE |
| 1995-1999 | Francisco Chirivella Peris | _Logo_(2008-2015).svg){kind=logo} PP |
| 1999-2003 | Francisco Chirivella Peris | PP |
| 2003-2007 | Mª Ángeles López Sargues |  UV |
| 2007-2011 | Francisco Chirivella Peris† Soledad Ramón Sánchez | PPPP |
| 2011-2015 | Soledad Ramón Sánchez | PP |
| 2015-2019 | Jesús Monzó Cubillos |  Compromís |
| 2019-2023 | Jesús Monzó Cubillos | Compromís |
| 2023- | Lorena Silvent Ruiz | PSPV-PSOE |
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