Alt Camp
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| settlement_type = Comarca
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Catalonia}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Camp de Tarragona
| subdivision_type3 = Province
| subdivision_name3 = Tarragona
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Valls
| leader_title1 = Body
| leader_name1 = Alt Camp Comarcal Council
| leader_title2 = President
| leader_name2 = Mateu Montserrat (Junts)
| parts_type = Municipalities
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| p1 = 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
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| area_total_km2 = 538.2
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| population_total = 46,076
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| blank_name_sec1 = Largest municipality
| blank_info_sec1 = Valls
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| utc_offset1_DST = +2
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Alt Camp ({{IPA|ca|ˈal ˈkam}}) is a comarca (county) located in the region of Camp de Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The capital is the city of Valls.
Geography
To the north of the county lies Conca de Barberà, to the northeast lies Anoia, to the east and southeast lie Alt Penedès and Baix Penedès, to the south lies Tarragonès and to the southwest and west lies Baix Camp.{{cite book |title=Philip's Modern School Atlas |year=1973 |publisher=George Philip & Son |isbn=0-540-05278-7 |page=37 }} Alt Camp has an area of {{convert|544.69|km2}} and the capital of the county is Valls.
The county is divided into two main topographical areas. The northeastern part is mountainous and is in the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range 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 in this valley has a small industrial area.{{cite web |url=http://www.altcamp.info/eng/brafim.htm |title=Alt Camp: Bràfim |work=Alt Camp Tourism |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116222454/http://www.altcamp.info/eng/brafim.htm |archive-date=16 November 2015 |url-status=dead }} The mountain slopes are covered in maquis, an evergreen Mediterranean scrub with bushes and small trees, including many aromatic shrubs.{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/science/maquis-vegetation |title=Maquis vegetation |work=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 November 2015}} The olives and grapevines that used to grow on terraces there have been abandoned. Among the scrub there are patches of poplar, elm, white pine, Portuguese oak and holm oak. Frequent wildfires prevent the establishment of permanent forests.{{cite book |title=Alt Camp: marc físic marc humà |last=Calbet |first=Josep M. |last2=Jové |first2=Teresa M. |year=1983 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |isbn=84-300-8291-3 }}
Municipalities
In 2014, 44,578 people lived in the county: 24,570 of them lived in Valls; 5,131 in Alcover; 2,344 in El Pla de Santa Maria; 1,670 in Vallmoll; 1,264 in Vila-rodona; 1,115 in Cabra del Camp and 1,083 in Puigpelat. The remaining 8,401 inhabitants lived in municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants.
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! Municipality ! Population{{Clear}}(2014){{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/|title=El municipi en xifres|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|access-date=2015-05-25}} | ||
| Aiguamúrcia | align=right | 909 | align=right | 73.0 |
| Alcover | align=right | 5,131 | align=right | 46.0 |
| Alió | align=right | 432 | align=right | 7.2 |
| Bràfim | align=right | 660 | align=right | 6.4 |
| Cabra del Camp | align=right | 1,115 | align=right | 27.0 |
| Figuerola del Camp | align=right | 345 | align=right | 22.7 |
| Els Garidells | align=right | 182 | align=right | 3.1 |
| La Masó | align=right | 288 | align=right | 3.6 |
| El Milà | align=right | 174 | align=right | 4.1 |
| Mont-ral | align=right | 165 | align=right | 34.7 |
| Montferri | align=right | 369 | align=right | 19.2 |
| Nulles | align=right | 453 | align=right | 10.6 |
| El Pla de Santa Maria | align=right | 2,344 | align=right | 35.0 |
| El Pont d'Armentera | align=right | 561 | align=right | 21.7 |
| Puigpelat | align=right | 1,083 | align=right | 9.5 |
| Querol | align=right | 550 | align=right | 72.3 |
| La Riba | align=right | 601 | align=right | 8.0 |
| Rodonyà | align=right | 513 | align=right | 8.5 |
| El Rourell | align=right | 394 | align=right | 2.3 |
| Vallmoll | align=right | 1,670 | align=right | 16.7 |
| Valls | align=right | 24,570 | align=right | 55.3 |
| Vila-rodona | align=right | 1,264 | align=right | 33.1 |
| Vilabella | align=right | 805 | align=right | 18.2 |
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| • Total: 23 | align=right | 44,578 | align=right | 538.2 |
Comarcal council
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! colspan="4" |Councilors in County Council of Alt Camp since 1987 |
| colspan="4" | {{hidden begin|title=Key to parties|contentstyle=font-size:95%; border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; background:white;}}
{{colbegin|colwidth=12.5em}} {{legend|{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}|CUP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}|ERC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|#008000|FIC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Independent}}|AAEAC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Independent}}|ApC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}|PSC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}}|JxCat|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}|Junts|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Convergence and Union}}|CiU|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{colend}} {{hidden end}} |
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! Election ! Distribution ! colspan="2"|President |
| align=center|1987
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| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:14em; color:white;" | 14 |
| rowspan="1" |Josep Vilanova Puigbó (CiU)
| rowspan="9" style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"|
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| align=center|1991
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| style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:12em; color:white;" | 12 |
| rowspan="1" |Josep Fort Romeu (CiU)
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| rowspan="2" align=center|1995
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| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:#008000; width:1em; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:12em; color:white;" | 12 |
| rowspan="1" |Josep Fort Romeu (CiU) {{small|(1995-1997)}}
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| rowspan="1" |Carles Vidal Bové (CiU) {{small|(1997-1999)}}
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| align=center|1999
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| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3 | style="background:#008000; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:10em; color:white;" | 10 |
| rowspan="2" |Josep Jesús Escoda Anguera (CiU)
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| align=center|2003
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| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:7em; color:white;" | 7 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:9em; color:white;" | 9 |
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| align=center|2007
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| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:7em; color:white;" | 7 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:10em; color:white;" | 10 |
| rowspan="1" |Carme Mansilla (CiU)
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| align=center|2011
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| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:12em; color:white;" | 12 |
| rowspan="1" |Joan Josep Raventós (CiU)
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| align=center|2015
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| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3 | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:10em; color:white;" | 10 |
| Joan Maria Sanahuja (CiU)
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| rowspan="2" align=center|2019
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| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}}; width:9em; color:white;" | 9 |
|| Joan Maria Sanahuja (JxCat) {{small|(2019-2020)}}
| rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"|
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| rowspan="1" |Mateu Montserrat (Junts) {{small|(2020-2023)}}
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| align=center|2023
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| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1 | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3 | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}; width:8em; color:white;" | 8 |
| rowspan="1" |Mateu Montserrat (Junts)
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| align="left" colspan="4"| Sources{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C19881 |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 1988. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C19911#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 1991. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C19951#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 1995. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C19991#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 1999. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C20031#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 2003. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C20071#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 2007. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C20111#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 2011. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C20151#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 2015. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://gencat.cat/eleccions/resultatscc2015/resultats/oc/report/infConsellsComarcals.pdf |title=Eleccions a Consells Comarcals 2015 |website=gencat.cat |language=ca |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/#/dades?tipusProces=C&proces=C20191#dades |title=Resultats electorals. Eleccions a consells comarcals 2019. Catalunya (Catalunya). Candidatures. |language=ca |website=resultats.dadeselectorals.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://gencat.cat/eleccions/resultatscc2019/resultados/ca/report/CCC2019/CC2019_comparativa_consellers_cat.pdf |title=Resultats Consells Comarcals 2019. Recompte Provisional |website=gencat.cat |language=ca |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://eleccions.gencat.cat/ca/locals_i_aran/consells-comarcals/composicio-dels-consells-comarcals/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602144135/https://eleccions.gencat.cat/ca/locals_i_aran/consells-comarcals/composicio-dels-consells-comarcals/index.html |title=Composició dels Consells Comarcals 2023. Processos electorals |language=ca |website=eleccions.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-date=June 2, 2023}}
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Alt Camp}}
- [http://www.altcamp.altanet.org/ Official comarcal web site] {{in lang|ca}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040102142033/http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=0&cod=8100170005&err=0 Informacion about Alt Camp from the Generalitat de Catalunya] {{in lang|ca}}
{{Clear}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Alt Camp
| N = Conca de Barberà
| NE = Anoia
| E = Alt Penedès
| SE = Baix Penedès
| S = Tarragonès
| SW = Baix Camp
| W =
| NW =
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{{Comarques of Catalonia}}
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{{Coord|41|17|N|1|15|E|region:ES-CT_type:adm2nd_source:cawiki|display=title}}