Editing County of Urgell (section)

==History==
The county of Urgell was carved by the [[Franks]] out of a former section of the Mark of [[Toulouse]] when the [[Alt Urgell]] area became part of the [[Carolingian Empire]] between 785 and 790.<ref name="enciclocomtaturgell">[http://www.enciclopedia.cat/fitxa_v2.jsp?NDCHEC=0068602&BATE=comtat%20d%27Urgell L'Enciclopèdia: Comtat d'Urgell]</ref>

The original territory was made up of the [[Alt Urgell]], also known as [[Urgellet]] from the end of the 12th century onwards, with the see at [[La Seu d'Urgell]]. From 839 onwards it would include 129 villages, the valleys of the [[Valira River|Valira river]], namely [[Andorra]] and [[Sant Joan Fumat]], the [[Segre River|Segre]] riverine area as well as the valleys located between [[El Pont de Bar]] and [[Oliana]].<ref>''L'Enciclopèdia: Comtat d'Urgell'': Acta de consagració de la Catedral d'Urgell</ref>

Its maximal extension territory was between the [[Pyrenees]] and the [[taifa of Lleida]], that is, the current [[Comarques of Catalonia|comarques]] of Alt Urgell or Urgellet, [[Noguera (comarca)|Noguera]], [[Solsonès]], [[Pla d'Urgell]], [[Urgell (comarca)|Baix Urgell]] and the still independent country of [[Andorra]]. The historical capital was first [[la Seu d'Urgell]] and later [[Balaguer]]. The county of Urgell was extinguished and absorbed by the [[Crown of Aragon]] in 1413 as a part of the [[Principality of Catalonia]], after the revolt of the last count, [[James II of Urgell]], against the king [[Ferdinand I of Aragon]].