Baix Camp
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| Province | Tarragona | ||||
| Capital | Reus | ||||
| Largest city | Reus | ||||
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| Population (2001) | 145,675 hab. | ||||
| Area | 695.3 km2 | ||||
| Pop. density | 209.5 hab/km2 | ||||
| Municipalities | 28 | ||||
Baix Camp is a comarca of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. 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. It also borders the comarques of Priorat, Ribera d'Ebre, Conca de Barberà, Alt Camp, and Tarragonès.
Municipalities
Besides the capital Reus, the major cities are Cambrils and Mont-roig del Camp; other significant towns are Riudoms and Selva del Camp.
Smaller municipalities:
- Nort of Reus, at the foot of Puig d'en Cama: Castellvell del Camp and Almoster.
- In the mountains of Prades: Prades, Capafonts, Arbolí, and l'Albiol.
- In the valley of the river Maspujols: Vilaplana, l'Aleixar, and Maspujols.
- In the valley of the river d'Alforja: Alforja, les Borges del Camp, and Vinyols i els Arcs.
- Between the ranges of Puig Marí and Puig-server: Riudecols.
- In the valley of the ravine of l'Ànima Blanca: Montbrió del Camp, and Botarell.
- Near Mont-roig del Camp: Vilanova d'Escornalbou, Colldejou, and la Torre de Fontaubella
- At the western edge of the comarca: Pratdip and the municipality of Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant.
List of municipalities
Populations are from 2001.
- Albiol - pop. 192
- Aleixar - pop. 728
- Alforja - pop. 1344
- Almoster - pop. 945
- Arbolí - pop. 120
- Argentera - pop. 145
- Borges del Camp - pop. 1620
- Botarell - pop. 736
- Cambrils - pop. 21,000
- Capafonts - pop. 116
- Castellvell del Camp - pop. 1537
- Colldejou - pop. 186
- Duesaigües - pop. 201
- Febró - pop. 62
- Maspujols - pop. 496
- Mont-roig del Camp - pop. 6753
- Montbrió del Camp - pop. 1492
- Prades - pop. 561
- Pratdip - pop. 532
- Reus - pop. 89,006
- Riudecanyes - pop. 734
- Riudecols - pop. 984
- Riudoms - pop. 5.257
- Selva del Camp - pop. 4290
- Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant - pop. 4373
- Vilanova d'Escornalbou - pop. 442
- Vilaplana - pop. 559
- Vinyols i els Arcs - pop. 1264
External links
- Official comarcal web site (in Catalan) (http://www.baixcamp.altanet.org/)
- IDESCAT statistical information about Baix Camp (in Catalan) (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=08&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar)