| Catarroja | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Horta Sud |
| Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Catarroja |
| Coordinates: | 39.4028°N -0.4044°W |
| Elevation M: | 16 |
| Area Total Km2: | 13 |
| Population Demonym: | Catarrojan Catarrogí / -ina (val.) Catarrojín / -ina (spa.) |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Valencian |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 46470 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lorena Silvent Ruiz |
| Leader Party: | PSPV-PSOE |
Catarroja (pronounced as /ca-valencia/, pronounced as /ca-valencia/; pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Sud in the Valencian Community, Spain.[1]
The town name is originally a hybrid between the Arabic term إقطاع ("iqṭā"), which means "land", and the Valencian term "roja", which means red.[2]
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party held the mayoralty from 1979 until 1995 when a People's Party-led administration replaced them. This served until 2015 when Coalició Compromís gained the mayoral position as part of a minority administration.
| 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 7 | ||||||||||
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 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 | |
| Valencian Union (UV) | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Progressive Independent Group | 3 | ||||||||||
| Coalició Compromís (Compromís) | 1† | 1† | 1† | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Citizens (C's) | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total number of seats | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Source:[3]
†Results for the Valencian People's Union, who later formed the Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV).
| Term | Name | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | PP | |
| 1999-2003 | Francisco Chirivella Peris | PP | |
| 2003-2007 | Mª Ángeles López Sargues | UV | |
| 2007-2011 | Francisco Chirivella Peris† Soledad Ramón Sánchez | PP PP | |
| 2011-2015 | Soledad Ramón Sánchez | PP | |
| 2015-2019 | Jesús Monzó Cubillos | Compromís | |
| 2019-2023 | Jesús Monzó Cubillos | Compromís | |
| 2023- | Lorena Silvent Ruiz | PSPV-PSOE |