CERVERA, a town of Spain, in the province of Soria, in Castile. It is watered by the river Alhama, which, though of short course, fructifies a tract of most productive land. Cervera contains about 5000 inhabitants, who are rich and industrious, and cultivate wheat, olives, hemp, and flax, and weave the latter into linen and sailcloth, which are distributed by themselves over the peninsula.