Badalona

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Badalona
The Rambla of Badalona
The Rambla of Badalona
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Badalona coat of arms
Badalona (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona
Comarca : Barcelonès
Coordinates 41 ° 27 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 27 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E
Height : 6  msnm
Area : 21.20 km²
Residents : 220,440 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 10,398.11 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 08015
administration
Mayor : Xavier García Albiol ( PP )
Website : www.badalona.cat

Badalona ( cat . [ Bəðəˈɫonə ]) is a Catalan industrial city , elongated on the Mediterranean coast about ten kilometers northeast of Barcelona and belongs to the metropolitan area Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona .

location

Badalona is located at the mouth of the Besòs on the Mediterranean coast and near the forerunner of the Serralada de Marina . The city is surrounded by the municipalities of Sant Adrià de Besòs in the southeast, Santa Coloma de Gramenet in the southwest, Montgat in the northeast and Tiana in the northwest.

The town hall.

politics

mayor

The local elections in May 2019 brought no change. The previous mayor Alex Pastor (PSC) succeeded in forming a coalition government with Guanyem Badalona en Comú and remained in office.

Municipal council

Distribution of seats in the municipal council after the municipal elections on May 26, 2019.

Political party voting
share		 Seats
PSC 21% 6th
PP 39% 11
Guanyem Badalona en Comu + ERC 26% 7th
Badalona en Comu Podem 9% 2
JxCAT (Junts per Catalunya) 5% 1
total 27

Authorities and institutions

The University Clinic "Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol" is located in Badalona. It is also called Can Ruti according to its location. Here is the IrsiCaixa, an internationally known institute for virus research.

Attractions

In the former Baetulo there are still traces of its Roman past such as thermal baths , mosaics , etc. - mainly in the museum. Important sculptures , such as the Venus de Badalona , are in the Archaeological Museum of Barcelona.

Population development of Badalona (1900-2005)

economy

Anis del Mono has been produced here since (1868 or) 1870 . It is one of the most famous aniseed schnapps in Spain and is exported to numerous countries. The textile industry has been based here for a long time. Badalona keeps this tradition alive. There are still many companies in the textile industry here. As in other cities, there has been a transition from industrial to service companies in terms of corporate structure. The largest trade and service center is Montigala with many shops and companies (Decathlon, IKEA, Carrefour etc.). In addition, tourism plays an important role (leisure harbor, beaches).

history

As early as 5000 BC there was probably a Neolithic settlement with cattle farming here. The finds also include clay vessels from the Iron Age (800 BC - 650 BC). As a Baetulo , the city was founded in the first half of the 1st century BC, extended to about 10 hectares, was located on a small hill and was surrounded by walls in Roman times. There were thermal baths, houses and many shops here. The settlement was near the sea and in a place that also allowed agriculture. Pliny the Elder referred to it in the 1st century AD as oppidum civium Romanorum . The culture of the resident Iberians merged with that of Rome. At the end of the 1st century and also in the two following centuries, the settlement was less characterized by the luxurious villas, a Roman city emerged. In the heyday between 40 BC Viticulture and wine trade were the most important branches of the economy. The wine was shipped from Laietana , as the region was called, with amphorae also made there. It reached as far as France, Great Britain and Germany.

Culture and tradition

City festivals in honor of the patron saint are celebrated on Assumption in the week of August 15th and on Sant Anastasi (May 11th). At "Sant Anastasi" a demon is traditionally erected and burned on the beach.

Museums

  • Termes i Decumanus: on 3400 m² Roman thermal baths with Decumanus (Roman city quarter)
  • Casa dels Dofins: Domus of the 1st century BC BC, mosaics and remains of wall paintings
  • Conducte d'Agiues: a 40 m water pipe from the 1st century AD
  • Jardi del Quint Licini: Roman garden from the 1st century AD

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ↑ linianord, 30/5/2019, num 298, page 9

Web links

Commons : Badalona  - collection of images, videos and audio files