BADALONA (anc. Baetulo)  , a town of north-eastern Spain, in the province of Barcelona; 6 m . N.E. of the city of Barcelona, on the left bank of the small river Bes6s, and on theMediterranean Sea . Pop . (190o) 19,24o . Badalona has a station on the coast railway from Barcelona to Perpignan in France, 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 .