a small seaport town of Spain, in the province of Barcelona, in Lat. 41. 37. N., Long. 2. 45. E. It numbers about 600 houses, and contains a hospital, a college of primary instruction, a parish church, and a prison. Besides a considerable transit trade, there is carried on an active manufacture of cotton fabrics and blond-lace; while shipbuilding and the distilling of brandy give employment to a part of the population, which amounts to 3035.