Pallars is a 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.Francesc Fité Llevot, La Toponimia en la Geografia del MontsecJosep Pla i Casadevall, El Pallars és una comarca natural prodigiosa
Municipalities In present times the most important town of the Pallars is Tremp.
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
Alins, Alt Àneu, Baix Pallars, Espot, Esterri d'Àneu, Esterri de Cardós, Farrera, La Guingueta d'Àneu, Lladorre, Llavorsí, Rialp, Soriguera, Sort, Tírvia and Vall de Cardós
History
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.Llorenç Sànchez i Vilanova, El Pallars. Visió històrica. Pallars Sobirà. Pallars Jussà. Barcelona: Promociones y Publicaciones Universitarias, 1996.
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 comarca.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 In 1990 the Ribagorça area was segregated from the Pallars Jussà comarca and was established as the Alta Ribagorça.Reflexions sobre l'organització territorial de Catalunya by JO i Samitier - Raco.cat 2009
See also Comarques of Catalonia Noguera Pallaresa Ribagorça
References
External links
Jesús Burgueño, Reflexions i propostes al voltant del sisteme electoral a Catalunya: consells comarcals, diputacions, Parlament i representació a Corts