title: Cervera del Río Alhama
text: # Cervera del Río Alhama
  
  Cervera del Río Alhama is a town in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 152.56 square kilometres (58.90 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 2704 people.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### Population centres
  
  * Cervera del Río Alhama
  * Cabretón
  * Las Ventas
  * Rincón de Olivedo
  * Valdegutur
  * Valverde
  
  ## Politics
  
  List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979 :
  
  | Term | Mayor | Political Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1979–1983 | Julio Santamaría Galarreta | UCD |
  | 1983–1987 | José Luis Calahorra | PSOE |
  | 1987–1991 | José María Tejada Hernández | PSOE |
  | 1991–1995 | Fernando Moreno | PSOE |
  | 1995–1999 | José Luis Sanz Alonso | PP |
  | 1999–2003 | José Luis Sanz Alonso | PP |
  | 2003–2007 | José Luis Sanz Alonso | PP |
  | 2007–2011 | José Luis Sanz Alonso | PP |
  | 2011–2015 | José Luis Sanz Alonso | PP |
  | 2015–2019 | Estrella Santana Martínez | PSOE-Cervera Plural |
  | 2019–2023 | n/d | n/d |
  | 2023– | n/d | n/d |
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Balthazar Alvarez.
  * Manuel Ibo Alfaro.
  * Ignacio Alonso Zapatero.
  * Daniel González.
  * Manuel Alfaro González
  * Eloy Alfaro Delgado
  * Manuel Gil, actor.
  * Angelita Alfaro.
  * Don Juan Manuel Zapatero Castillo.
  