Urgell is one of the historical
Catalan counties, collindant with the county of
Pallars and the county of
Cerdanya. Its maximal extension territory was between the Pyrenees and the taifa of
Lleida, that is, the current
comarques
of
Alt Urgell,
Noguera,
Solsonès,
Pla d'Urgell,
Urgell, and the currently independent country of
Andorra.
The historical capital was first La Seu d'Urgell and later Balaguer. Andorra was ceded to the bishop of La Seu d'Urgell by the count Ermengol IV of Urgell in the 12th century. The county of Urgell was extinguished after the revolt of the count James II of Urgell against the king Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1413.
