Alt Camp

Alt Camp

Country: Spain

Autonomous community : Catalonia

Province: Tarragona

Capital: Valls

Municipalities:
Aiguamúrcia, Alcover, Alió, Bràfim, Cabra del Camp, Figuerola del Camp, Els Garidells, La Masó, El Milà, Mont-ral, Montferri, Nulles, El Pla de Santa Maria, El Pont d'Armentera, Puigpelat, Querol, La Riba, Rodonyà, El Rourell, Vallmoll, Valls, Vila-rodona, Vilabella

Area: 544.7 km2 (210.3 sq mi)
Population: 35,635
Density: 65.4/km2 (169.4/sq mi)
Demonym
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Largest municipality:Valls
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.

Municipalities

Aiguamúrcia - population: 648
Alcover - population: 3966
Alió - population: 375
Bràfim - population: 581
Cabra del Camp - population: 682
Figuerola del Camp - population: 287
Els Garidells - population: 175
La Masó - population: 280
El Milà - population: 162
Mont-ral - population: 154
Montferri - population: 159
Nulles - population: 359
El Pla de Santa Maria - population: 1669
El Pont d'Armentera - population: 527
Puigpelat - population: 634
Querol - population: 320
La Riba - population: 681
Rodonyà - population: 443
El Rourell - population: 256
Vallmoll - population: 1292
Valls - population: 20,232
Vila-rodona - population: 1001
Vilabella - population: 787

References

IDESCAT: Statistical information about Alt Camp (Catalan)

Alt Camp, Baix Camp and Tarragonès together make up Camp de Tarragona. Alt Camp is a broad coastal plain ringed by the mountains of the pre-coastal range, which include the upper Gaià valley and the middle Francolí valley.

The two rivers, which rise in Conca de Barberà, flow down through the steep hills that frame the plain south-east to north-west: the Prades mountains, the Miramar, Cogulló, Comaverd, Brufaganya and Plana d’Ancosa ranges.

In the Middle Ages, these were the domains of the Archbishop of Tarragona, the Cistercian monastery of Santes Creus and the county of Prades. Valls, the capital, and Alcover were the towns with the largest population and the busiest trade. Agriculture, particularly vines (there are a large number of cooperative vineyards), and trade (fairs and markets) have given way in modern times to a highly diversified industrialisation. Tourism, which had traditionally been relatively unimportant, has grown thanks to the architectural heritage (Santes Creus and the Cistercian Route), the variety of folklore (the human towers of Valls), gastronomy (calçotades: roasted spring onion feasts) and the mild climate.