Baix Camp Explained

Baix Camp
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Camp de Tarragona
Subdivision Type3:Province
Subdivision Name3:Tarragona
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Reus
Leader Title1:Body
Leader Name1:Baix Camp Comarcal Council
Leader Title2:President
Leader Name2:Ernest Roigé (ERC)
Joan Josep Garcia (Junts)
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:list
P1:L'Albiol, L'Aleixar, Alforja, Almoster, Arbolí, L'Argentera, Les Borges del Camp, Botarell, Cambrils, Capafonts, Castellvell del Camp, Colldejou, Duesaigües, La Febró, Maspujols, Mont-roig del Camp, Montbrió del Camp, Prades, Pratdip, Reus, Riudecanyes, Riudecols, Riudoms, La Selva del Camp, Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Vilanova d'Escornalbou, Vilaplana, Vinyols i els Arcs
Area Total Km2:697.3
Population Total:190,249
Population As Of:2014
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym: 
Blank Name Sec1:Largest municipality
Blank Info Sec1:Reus
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Baix Camp (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˈbaʃ ˈkam/) is a comarca located in the region of Camp de Tarragona, in Catalonia.The capital is the city of Reus.

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.

Population

Almost 150,000 people inhabit Baix Camp. The population has increased gently since the middle of the twentieth century, with population growth averaging 1.5% annually during the last three decades. Growth is not evenly distributed, however, but is strongly focused on Reus, the industrial and commercial centre of the region. Around two-thirds of the inhabitants of Baix Camp live in Reus, which from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries was the second most populous city in Catalonia, after Barcelona. Taking Catalonia as a whole, the place of Reus in the population rankings has now slipped to tenth. Within Baix Camp, the only other municipality with more than 10,000 inhabitants is Cambrils.

Economy

In the agricultural sector almonds and hazelnuts are a major crops, together representing 30% of primary sector production. Viticulture has never regained the level of dominance that it enjoyed before the European Phylloxera epidemic that peaked in the 1870s. High dependency on almonds and hazelnuts nevertheless leaves the entire regional economy vulnerable to declining world market prices that have accompanied increased globalization of the agricultural sector. Some price protection is afforded to growers by protected designation for "Hazelnuts from Reus" which actually covers not just production from Reus but also that from neighboring Alt Camp, Tarragonès, Priorat, Conca de Barberà and Terra Alta.

Municipalities

After the capital Reus, the major cities are Cambrils and Mont-roig del Camp; other significant towns are Riudoms and Selva del Camp.

Smaller municipalities:

List of municipalities

MunicipalityPopulation(2014)[1] Areakm
align=right 458 align=right 20.3
align=right 891 align=right 26.1
align=right 1,859 align=right 38.2
align=right 1,396 align=right 6.0
align=right 105 align=right 20.8
align=right 146 align=right 10.1
align=right 2,077 align=right 8.2
align=right 1,100 align=right 12.0
align=right 33,301 align=right 35.2
align=right 114 align=right 13.4
align=right 2,869 align=right 5.2
align=right 172 align=right 14.5
align=right 239 align=right 13.6
align=right 40 align=right 16.1
align=right 782 align=right 3.7
align=right 12,148 align=right 63.3
align=right 2,650 align=right 10.7
align=right 626 align=right 32.6
align=right 685 align=right 36.3
align=right 104,962 align=right 52.8
align=right 1,142 align=right 17.1
align=right 1,254 align=right 19.5
align=right 6,546 align=right 32.4
align=right 5,598 align=right 35.3
align=right 6,047 align=right 102.7
align=right 540 align=right 17.2
align=right 630 align=right 23.2
align=right 1,872 align=right 10.8
• Total: 28 align=right 190,249 align=right 697.3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El municipi en xifres. Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. 2015-05-25.