Badalona

Summary

Badalona is a municipality of Catalonia^[1]. Badalona ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,408 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Badalona is located in Barcelonès^[3].
• Badalona is located in Corporació Metropolitana de Barcelona^[4].
• Badalona is in the country of Spain^[5].
• Badalona's head of government is recorded as Xavier García Albiol^[6].
• Badalona's instance of is recorded as municipality of Catalonia^[7].
• Badalona's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Badalona's capital is recorded as Badalona^[9].
• Badalona's official language is recorded as Catalan^[10].
• Badalona's shares border with is recorded as Montcada i Reixac^[11].
• Badalona's shares border with is recorded as Sant Adrià de Besòs^[12].
• Badalona's shares border with is recorded as Sant Fost de Campsentelles^[13].
• Badalona's shares border with is recorded as Santa Coloma de Gramenet^[14].
• Badalona's shares border with is recorded as Tiana^[15].
• Badalona's shares border with is recorded as Montgat^[16].
• Badalona's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alcanar^[17].
• Badalona's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Fernando^[18].
• Badalona's twinned administrative body is recorded as Valparaíso^[19].
• Badalona's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Badalona^[20].
• Badalona's postal code is recorded as 08910–08918^[21].
• Badalona is part of Barcelona Province^[22].
• Badalona is part of Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona^[23].
• Badalona's Commons category is recorded as Badalona^[24].
• Badalona's licence plate code is recorded as B^[25].
• Badalona's patron saint is recorded as Anastasius of Lleida^[26].
• Badalona's patron saint is recorded as Assumption of Mary^[27].

Body

Geography

Badalona is in the country of Spain^[5]. Located in include Barcelonès^[3], a comarca of Catalonia^[28], in Spain^[29] and Corporació Metropolitana de Barcelona^[4], an administrative territorial entity^[30], in Spain^[31], founded in 1974^[32]. Part of include Barcelona Province^[22], a province of Spain^[33], in Spain^[34], founded in 1822^[35] and Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona^[23], a functional territorial area^[36], in Spain^[37].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+219707'}^[38], {'amount': '+220977'}^[39], {'amount': '+219786'}^[40], {'amount': '+218886'}^[41], {'amount': '+219547'}^[42], and {'amount': '+215329'}^[43].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality of Catalonia^[7] and big city^[8].

Why It Matters

Badalona ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,408 views/month).^[2] Badalona has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Badalona is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]