Toponímia y territorio. Los nombres de los núcleos de población de la comarca del Baix Camp, Tarragona, desde una perspectiva onomasiológica

Abstract

This article illustrates the links between territory and place-names (toponymy) and demonstrates the suitability of a geographical approach to the study of toponymy. This is achieved on two levels: first, some theoretical aspects of onomastics are analysed; second, the theoretical positions outlined are applied to the geographical - toponymic study of an area within Catalonia: the comarca of the Baix Camp, whose capital is the town of Reus. For reasons of geographical coherence, we have analysed an specific type of toponymy: the name of the different towns, villages and other human settlements of the present-day territory of Baix Camp.