L'Alt Camp is the highest county in the region of Tarragona. One side looks towards the sea while the other rises up to the mountains, some of which are around 1,000 metres in height (Mont-ral, Montagut and Cabra del Camp). The county stands at a strategic point in Catalonia, at the intersection of Barcelona-Lleida-Zaragoza and Tarragona-Tàrrega, making it a privileged location in terms of connections.

L'Alt Camp is located in the angle formed by the motorways of the Ebro (A-2) and the Mediterranean (A-7); the county is also crossed by national highway N-240, various county and local roads and the railway from Barcelona to Lleida and Zaragoza via Valls and Tarragona, with a connecting station at Picamoixons.

This geographical position and its excellent connections have meant that the twenty-three towns that make up L'Alt Camp today enjoy a healthy, balanced economy: industry, agriculture, trade, services, tourism, gastronomy... The main industries are metallurgy, automobiles and automatisms, wood and furniture, paper, cardboard and graphic arts, food, textiles, leather and construction... In agriculture, the main crops are grapes, almonds, hazelnuts, carobs and olives and there are extensive wooded areas. The region has a full range of commercial sectors and diversified and regenerated services and a growing tourist trade stimulated by its gastronomy ( calçots , beans, escalivada and other traditional Alt Camp cuisine; patisserie and locally-produced wines and cavas) and also because it lies on the "Cistercian Route" between the three great monasteries of Santes Creus, Poblet and Vallbona de les Monges. The county also lies close to the Prades Mountains and the rock-climbing zone of La Riba, and hosts a wide variety of fairs, markets and deep-rooted traditional festivals. It is also the homeland of the Xiquets de Valls (human tower builders) and the birthplace of Calçotades (spring onion-eating festivals) and the Mossos d'Esquadra (the Catalan police force). Because L'Alt Camp lies between the mountains and the sea, it has a mild climate and a wide range of geographical features, replete with springs and streams... many villages have a strong residential slant, with restored houses and newly-created residential estates in many areas. There are a lot of second homes in the county, encouraged by the quality of the water, the peace and quiet and the friendly nature of the local people.

An important facet of L'Alt Camp is its popular traditions and customs. Examples of this are the festival of the Tres Tombs, the Calçotada, Firagost, human tower building contests and the Decennial Festivals of the Candela in Valls. All the towns have their own annual festivals: the summer concerts at Santes Creus; the Catalan Folklore festivals on summer Saturdays in Vilabella; the Reaping Festival in Cabra del Camp, the Fira del Remei in Alcover, the Holy Christ festivals in Pont d'Armentera, the Aplec del Loreto in Bràfim, the Vila-rodona Fair... as well as their monuments: the Monastery of Santes Creus; in Valls, the county capital, the stained-glass windows of the Roser Chapel, the City Museum, regarded as the second most important contemporary Catalan art museum in Catalonia, the Casteller Museum, the Valls bell-tower, the Romanesque church of Sant Ramon in Pla de Santa Maria, the Roman Columbari in Vila-rodona... and many other monuments scattered around the county's villages. L'Alt Camp and its county capital, Valls, offer all the basic services and facilities required by the county: schools, a Polytechnic Institute and Baccalaureate School, the county Hospital for L'Alt Camp and La Conca de Barberà with 120 beds, administrative offices and bank branches, regional offices of the Public Administration, cultural and sports centres, art galleries, etc.