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View of BadalonaDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

Badalona

Coastal city

Badalona (US also, Catalan:, Spanish) is a city and municipality in Catalonia. It is located to the north east of Barcelona, on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. With a population of 226,219, it is the 4th-largest city in Catalonia and the 22nd-largest in Spain. It became a city in 1897.

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Coat of arms of Badalona
Province
Barcelona
Autonomous community
Cataluña
Population (INE 2025)
231,542
Altitude
17 m
Mayor
Xavier García Albiol (Partido Popular de Cataluña)
Area (IGN)
21.2 km²
District
Barcelonés
Postcode
08910–08918
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13 photographs of Badalona, taken here and in its own light.

Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
The church of St. Joseph in Badalona by the architect Joan Amigó i Barriga (1920-1945). · Photo: Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Conjunto de la Rambla en Badalona · Photo: Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
The metallic packaging factory of Gottardo de Andreis, popularly known as "la Llauna", is the work of Joan Amigó Barriga in 1909, located at Badalona (Catalonia · Photo: Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Casa Rafael Gafarel·lo in Badalona by the architect Joan Amigó i Barriga (1923). · Photo: Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Vcarceler · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dimoni de Badalona del 2012 · Photo: Vcarceler (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Elemaki · CC BY 3.0
Badalona Olimpic Stadium (Barcelona, Spain) · Photo: Elemaki (CC BY 3.0)
Nicolas Vigier from Spain · CC0
Badalona · Photo: Nicolas Vigier from Spain (CC0)
Lluís Ferrer · CC0
Platja de Badalona i Montgat · Photo: Lluís Ferrer (CC0)
Friviere · CC BY-SA 4.0
Badalona Boreal observatory (Astronomical observatory) · Photo: Friviere (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Friviere · CC BY-SA 4.0
Parc comercial Montigalà (polígon industrial a Badalona) · Photo: Friviere (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Joan Garcia Badalona · CC BY-SA 4.0
Núvols baixos a la Serralada de Marina, Badalona · Photo: Joan Garcia Badalona (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Joan Garcia Badalona · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vies del tren al Centre de Badalona · Photo: Joan Garcia Badalona (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Joan Garcia Badalona · CC BY-SA 4.0
Imatge del carrer Indústria de Badalona, sentit Centre, a l'alçada de la Plaça del Vaixell Maria Assumpta · Photo: Joan Garcia Badalona (CC BY-SA 4.0)