Badalona

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Badalona

Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Barcelonès
Population (2005)	218,553
Area	22.17 km²
Population density (2005)	9858 /km²
Elevation	6 m
Demonym	Badaloní, badalonina
[[Barcelonès]]

Coordinates: 41°26′56″N, 2°14′46″E

Badalona (Baetulo in Roman times) is a city in Catalonia, in the comarca of the Barcelonès near the city of Barcelona. It is situated on the left bank of the small river Besòs and on the Mediterranean Sea.

Badalona has a station on the RENFE R1 suburban railway line from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat to Maçanet-Massanes and a small harbour, chiefly important for its fishing and boat-building trades. There are gas, chemical and mineral-oil works in the town, which also manufactures woollen and cotton goods, glass, biscuits, sugar and brandy; while the surrounding fertile plains produce an abundance of grain, wine and fruit. Badalona thus largely contributes to the export trade of Barcelona, and may, in fact, be regarded as its industrial suburb.

Contents 1 Anís del Mono 2 Demography 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Anís del Mono

This Mediterranean port region is the home to the historic distillery which produces Anís del Mono, a spirit made of herbs and anise, one of the most famous anisettes in Spain.

[edit] Demography

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2005
19,240	44,291	61,654	162,888	225,016	218,553

[edit] See also

• Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Badalona

[edit] References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Badalona", a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Official site (in Catalan)
• Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
• Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (in Catalan)
• Information from the Diputació de Barcelona (in Catalan)
• BadalonaWireless Open and Neutral Wireless Community
• Badalona fire station
• Badaweb.com All about Badalona

Autoritat del Transport Metropolità RENFE suburban services for Barcelona
Line R1
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	↔	Badalona	↔	Maçanet-Massanes

edit	Municipalities of Barcelonès
Badalona | Barcelona | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Sant Adrià de Besòs | Santa Coloma de Gramenet