Editing Pallars

{{About||the ''de facto'' independent petty state|County of Pallars|the medieval Spanish noblewoman|Oria de Pallars}}
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'''Pallars''' is a [[historical region|historical]] and [[natural region]] of [[Catalonia]]. Located in the [[Pre-Pyrenees]] and [[Pyrenees]] area, most of its territory is [[mountainous]].

The [[Noguera Pallaresa]] river is named after this region.

==Geography==
The physiography of the Pallars natural region includes the [[Noguera Pallaresa]] river basin with its tributaries. The region encompasses as well as the mountain ranges spanning the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees area that surround the basin until the [[Serra del Montsec]] which forms the limit of the Pallars at its southern end.<ref>Francesc Fité Llevot, ''La Toponimia en la Geografia del Montsec''</ref><ref>[http://www.endrets.cat/text/1643/el-pallars-es-una-comarca-natural-prodigiosa.html Josep Pla i Casadevall, ''El Pallars és una comarca natural prodigiosa'']</ref>

===Municipalities===
In present times the most important town of the Pallars is [[Tremp]].

====Pallars Jussà====
{{Main|Pallars Jussà}}
[[Abella de la Conca]], [[Castell de Mur]], [[Conca de Dalt]], [[Gavet de la Conca]], [[Isona i Conca Dellà]], [[Llimiana]], [[La Pobla de Segur]], [[Salàs de Pallars]], [[Sant Esteve de la Sarga]], [[Sarroca de Bellera]], [[Senterada]], [[Talarn]], [[La Torre de Cabdella]] and [[Tremp]].

====Pallars Sobirà====
{{Main|Pallars Sobirà}}
[[Alins]], [[Alt Àneu]], [[Baix Pallars]], [[Espot]], [[Esterri d'Àneu]], [[Esterri de Cardós]], [[Farrera]], [[La Guingueta d'Àneu]], [[Lladorre]], [[Llavorsí]], [[Rialp]], [[Soriguera]], [[Sort, Lleida|Sort]], [[Tírvia]] and [[Vall de Cardós]]

==History==
[[File:Bandera dels Comtes de Pallars.png|thumb|Banner of the Counts of Pallars]]
{{Main|County of Pallars}}
The [[County of Pallars]] was a [[county]] during the ninth and tenth centuries.
Later both the [[County of Pallars Jussà]] (Lower Pallars) and the [[County of Pallars Sobirà]] (Upper Pallars) became counties of the [[Hispanic March]] during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.<ref>Llorenç Sànchez i Vilanova, ''El Pallars. Visió històrica. Pallars Sobirà. Pallars Jussà.'' Barcelona: Promociones y Publicaciones Universitarias, 1996. {{ISBN|84-477-0566-8}}</ref>

In 1936 the Pallars was split into the [[Pallars Jussà]] and [[Pallars Sobirà]] present-day administrative divisions. The historical [[Ribagorça]] territories administered by the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]] were added to the newly created Pallars Jussà [[Comarques of Catalonia|comarca]].<ref>''Decret del Conseller Primer de 23 de desembre de 1936''. Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya [Barcelona], núm. 360, 25 desembre 1936, p. 1166</ref> In 1990 the Ribagorça area was segregated from the Pallars Jussà comarca and was  established as the [[Alta Ribagorça]].<ref>''Reflexions sobre l'organització territorial de Catalunya'' by JO i Samitier - Raco.cat 2009</ref>

==See also==
* [[Comarques of Catalonia]]
* [[Noguera Pallaresa]]
* [[Ribagorça]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Pallars, Catalonia|Pallars}}
* [http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/sn/sn-153.htm Jesús Burgueño, ''Reflexions i propostes al voltant del sisteme electoral a Catalunya: consells comarcals, diputacions, Parlament i representació a Corts'']

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