GANDIA, a seaport of eastern Spain in the province of Valencia; on the Gandia-Alcoy and Alcira-Denia railways. Pop. (193o) 14,009. The town is on the left bank of the Alcoy or Serpis, which drains a rich and densely populated plain. The river enters the Mediterranean at the small harbour of Gandia (El Grao), 3 m. N.E. Among the ancient buildings are the Gothic church, the college founded by the director-general of the Jesuits (1510-1572), and the palace of the dukes of Gandia. The town manufactures leather, silk, velvet and ribbons, and exports fruit and imports coal, timber and flour.