County of Pallars

The County of Pallars was a countship and a de facto independent petty state that existed from approximately 870 to 1011. Nominally part of the Carolingian Empire and later West Francia, it was perhaps one of the Catalan counties, originally within the Marca Hispanica. The county was coterminous with the upper Noguera Pallaresa valley, extending from the Pyrenees crest to Tremp, and included several valleys such as Vall d'Àneu and Vall de Cardós. Its chief city was Sort, and it roughly corresponded to the historic region of Catalonia known as Pallars.