It is part of the Costa Roja. Cervera de la Marenda (in French Cerbère) is a commune of Rosselló, in Northern Catalonia, which administratively belongs to the French department of the Eastern Pyrenees and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. In the place that today occupies the common one of Cervera have been numerous prehistoric rest, also, it is mentioned in documents as much of the Old Age as of the Middle Age, but it will be in Century XIX when the history of Cervera will make a radical turn .

In 1864 an agreement was signed between Spain and France to pass through the Belitres pass the railroad between the two states and to build the border stations of Portbou and Cervera. The station was inaugurated in 1878. The traffic quickly became very important and given the difference in width of the Spanish and French roads, it was necessary to build large facilities to facilitate the trans-shipment of goods.

The population grew considerably and in 1889 the commune of Cervera was created that did not stop growing until well into the middle of the 20th century when the mechanization of many tasks, the competition of other means of transport and later the suppression of Customs barriers meant a certain reduction in jobs.

The economic role of the Cervera station continues to be quite important, however, as witnessed by the 2.5 million tonnes of merchandise (1998) or the 15,000 annual trains that pass through it.