It lies at the edge of the Hunsrück south of the Moselle and is a state-recognised tourism community.

It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The name is of Gallo-Romance origin and derives from the Latin longus campus, which means “long field”.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[3] Since 2019, Horst Gorges has been Mayor of Longkamp.

Although there were still 150 farming businesses in the 1950s, agriculture today only plays a very small rôle in the local economy.