41°06′N 1°06′E / 41.1°N 1.1°E / 41.1; 1.1 Baix Camp (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbaʃ ˈkam]) is a comarca located in the region of Camp de Tarragona, in Catalonia.The capital is the city of Reus.

Baix Camp
Coat of arms of Baix Camp
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
RegionCamp de Tarragona
ProvinceTarragona
CapitalReus
Municipalities
Government
 • BodyBaix Camp Comarcal Council
 • PresidentErnest Roigé (ERC) (2023-2025)
Joan Josep Garcia (Junts) (2025-2027)
Area
 • Total697.3 km2 (269.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total190,249
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Demonym 
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityReus

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

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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

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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

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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

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Municipality Population
(2014)[1]
Area
km2[1]
L'Albiol 458 20.3
L'Aleixar 891 26.1
Alforja 1,859 38.2
Almoster 1,396 6.0
Arbolí 105 20.8
L'Argentera 146 10.1
Les Borges del Camp 2,077 8.2
Botarell 1,100 12.0
Cambrils 33,301 35.2
Capafonts 114 13.4
Castellvell del Camp 2,869 5.2
Colldejou 172 14.5
Duesaigües 239 13.6
La Febró 40 16.1
Maspujols 782 3.7
Mont-roig del Camp 12,148 63.3
Montbrió del Camp 2,650 10.7
Prades 626 32.6
Pratdip 685 36.3
Reus 104,962 52.8
Riudecanyes 1,142 17.1
Riudecols 1,254 19.5
Riudoms 6,546 32.4
La Selva del Camp 5,598 35.3
Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant 6,047 102.7
Vilanova d'Escornalbou 540 17.2
Vilaplana 630 23.2
Vinyols i els Arcs 1,872 10.8
• Total: 28 190,249 697.3

References

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  1. ^ a b "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
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