Old camp

Old camp
	The location of the Comarca Alt Camp in Catalonia
Basic data
Province:	Tarragona
Main place:	Valls
Surface:	538 km²
Residents:	44,296 (2019)
Municipalities:	23

The Comarca Alt Camp (dt. "The Upper Country", Spanish Alto Campo ) is located in the province of Tarragona of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia ( Spain ). The community association has an area of 538 km² and 44,296 inhabitants (2019). The Alt Camp is one of the three comarcas into which the Camp de Tarragona was divided in 1936.

location

The association of municipalities is located in the southern part of Catalonia, north of the provincial capital Tarragona . It borders in the north on the Comarca Conca de Barberà , in the east on Anoia and Alt Penedès , in the south on Baix Penedès and Tarragonès and in the west on Baix Camp . Together with the comarcas Baix Camp, Baix Penedès, Conca de Barberà, Priorat and Tarragonès, the region forms the territory of Camp de Tarragona .

Alt Camp is located in a coastal plain reaching as far as the Mediterranean Sea, which is bounded in the northwest and southeast by a chain of ridges that are part of the pre-coastal mountains. The rivers Gaia and Francoli flow through the comarca from north to south with irregular water flow.

climate

The mountain ranges in the north and east protect against the climate of the Central Catalan Plain and are the reason for the pronounced Mediterranean climate .

traffic

The comarca is well developed by a motorway (AP-2 / E90), trunk roads and railways . Reus airport can be reached quickly via the C-14, which has 4 lanes from Alcover .

economy

In agriculture, the majority of the cultivation of dried fruits ( almonds and hazelnuts ), olives , wine and cereals . Poultry and pigs predominate in animal husbandry .

Communities

Status: 2019

local community	Pop.	Area (km²)	local community	Pop.	Area (km²)	local community	Pop.	Area (km²)
Aiguamúrcia	901	73.20	El Milà	178	3.96	La Riba	585	8.03
Alcover	5064	46.28	Mont-ral	162	34.50	Rodonyà	490	8.36
Alió	439	7.23	Montferri	387	19.36	Rourell, el	366	2.28
Bràfim	692	6.37	Zeros	492	10.73	Vallmoll	1756	16.61
Cabra del Camp	1163	26.81	El Pla de Santa Maria	2327	35.08	Valls	24,359	55.35
Figuerola del Camp	320	22.67	El Pont d'Armentera	505	21.55	Vila-rodona	1255	33.04
Garidells, els	187	3.02	Puigpelat	1149	9.59	Vilabella	736	18.20
La Masó	276	3.64	Querol	507	71.92

photos

Alcover in the Alt Camp
Typical masia (country house) in the Alt Camp

Web links

Commons : Alt Camp - collection of images, videos and audio files

Comarca website (Catalan)
Association of municipalities (Catalan, Spanish, English, German, French, Italian)
Turisme (Catalan, Spanish, English)
gencat-Turisme (Catalan, Spanish, English, German, French)
IDESCAT: statistical information on the comarca