Balaguer (Catalan pronunciation: [balaˈɣe]) is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Balaguer also has a sister city in the western United States, Pacifica, California.

[3] The town has a Gothic bridge, the "Pont de Sant Miquel", over the Segre river.

Another Gothic building is the Santa Maria Church, in the heights above the city, in line with a quite finely conserved wall dating to the 15th century AD.

General Franco's forces first entered Catalonia from Aragon in 1938 through Balaguer's bridgehead.