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 north ...

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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 Daur ...

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 Tar ...

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 Mon ...

, to the northeast lies

Anoia Anoia () is a Comarques of Catalonia, 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 an ...

, 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 Spanish ...

and

Baix Penedès Baix Penedès () is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca in Catalonia, Spain. The area has been settled since the times of the Iberians, with ancient ruins remaining in Banyeres at ''Can Canyís'', in the capital El Vendrell at the village of ''Guà ...

, 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 and ...

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 south ...

. 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

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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

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, an evergreen Mediterranean scrub with bushes and small trees, including many aromatic shrubs. The olives and grapevines that used to grow on terraces there have been abandoned. Among the scrub there are patches of poplar,

elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...

white pine ''Pinus'', the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus ''Pinus'' (hard pines), and subgenus ''Strobus'' (soft pines). Each of the subgenera have been further ...

, Portuguese oak and holm oak. Frequent

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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 Alcover is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The Prades Mountains are located in the vicinity of this municipality. It is the birthplace of the footballer Kiko Casilla Francisco "Kiko" Casilla Cort� ...

; 2,344 in

El Pla de Santa Maria El Pla de Santa Maria is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Alt Camp in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated at the foot of the Miramar range. The municipality is served the A-2 ''autopista'' and is linked to Valls Valls () is a city and mun ...

; 1,670 in

Vallmoll Vallmoll is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Sta ...

; 1,264 in

Vila-rodona Vila-rodona (, es, Villarrodona) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' ...

; 1,115 in

Cabra del Camp Cabra del Camp ( es, Cabra del Campo) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ...

and 1,083 in

Puigpelat Puigpelat is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Camp, province of Tarragona, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationalit ...

. 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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