Alt Camp () is a
comarca (county) in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
,
Spain
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.
It is one of the three comarques into which
Camp de Tarragona
Camp de Tarragona () is a natural and historical region of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a central plain, surrounded by the Serralada Prelitoral mountain chain on the west and in the north, with the Mediterranean sand beaches of the Costa Daura ...
was divided in the comarcal division of 1936.
Geography
Alt Camp is a county in the province of
Tarragona
Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tarr ...
in Catalonia, Spain. To the north of the county lies
Conca de Barberà
Conca de Barberà () is a comarca (county) in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Its total area is . At its creation in 1936, it contained 23 municipalities, but in 1990, several of these were amalgamated; Rojals was combined with Mo ...
, to the northeast lies
Anoia
Anoia () is a comarca (county) in central Catalonia, Spain, with its capital at Igualada.
The comarca of l'Anoia is irrigated by the Anoia River; the leading industry is the making of paper.
To the north are Solsonès and Bages, to the west, ...
, to the east and southeast lie
Alt Penedès
Alt Penedès () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, northern Spain. The capital is Vilafranca del Penedès
Vilafranca del Penedès, or simply Vilafranca (), is the capital of the ''comarca'' of the Alt Penedès in Catalonia, Spain. The Spani ...
and
Baix Penedès, to the south lies
Tarragonès
Tarragonès () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of the three comarques formed in the 1936 comarcal division of Camp de Tarragona. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, between the comarques of Baix Penedès to the northeast a ...
and to the southwest and west lies
Baix Camp
Baix Camp () is a comarca of Catalonia. It is one of the three comarques into which Camp de Tarragona was divided in the comarcal division of 1936.
Baix Camp is located on the coast, between Tarragonès to the northeast and Baix Ebre to the sout ...
.
Alt Camp has an area of and the capital of the county is
Valls
Valls () is a city and municipality in the province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. According to the 2014 census it has a population of 24,570.
Valls is known for its calçots – a type of scallion or green onion – and the human towers tradi ...
.
The county is divided into two main topographical areas. The northeastern part is mountainous and is in the
Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
The Catalan Pre-Coastal Range ( ca, Serralada Prelitoral Catalana) is a system of mountain ranges running parallel to the Mediterranean Sea coast in Catalonia. It is part of the Catalan Mediterranean System. Its main axis runs between the Catal ...
while the southwestern part is a lowland plain in the
Catalan Coastal Depression.
[ The lowland plains of Alt Camp are predominantly used for agriculture.][ In the valley of the River Gaia, cherries, vines, olives and almonds are grown, and on irrigated land, vegetables, hazelnuts and various fruit trees. The municipality of ]Bràfim
Bràfim is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, in north-eastern Spain. This town produces quite good table wine
Table wine (rarely abbreviated TW) is a wine term with two different meanings: a style ...
in this valley has a small industrial area. The mountain slopes are covered in maquis
Maquis may refer to:
Resistance groups
* Maquis (World War II), predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French Resistance
* Spanish Maquis, guerrillas who fought against Francoist Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War
* The netwo ...
, an evergreen Mediterranean scrub with bushes and small trees, including many aromatic shrubs.wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identi ...
s prevent the establishment of permanent forests.
Municipalities
In 2014, 44,578 people lived in the county: 24,570 of them lived in Valls; 5,131 in Alcover; 2,344 in El Pla de Santa Maria
El Pla de Santa Maria is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Alt Camp
Alt Camp () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of the three comarques into which Camp de Tarragona was divided in the comarcal division of 1936.
G ...
; 1,670 in Vallmoll
Vallmoll is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, Tarragona
Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth centu ...
; 1,264 in Vila-rodona
Vila-rodona (, es, Villarrodona) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, Tarragona
Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Found ...
; 1,115 in Cabra del Camp and 1,083 in Puigpelat
Puigpelat is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, province of Tarragona
Tarragona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castellón, Te ...
. The remaining 8,401 inhabitants lived in municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants.[
]
References
External links
Official comarcal web site
Informacion about Alt Camp from the Generalitat de Catalunya
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Comarques of the Province of Tarragona