# Sort, Spain

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**Sort** (ˈsɔrt) is the capital of the *[comarca](/source/Catalonia/Comarques)* of [Pallars Sobirà](/source/Pallars_Sobir%C3%A0), in the province of [Lleida](/source/Lleida), [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia), in the country of [Spain](/source/Spain). It is located at 692 metres above the sea, by the river [Noguera Pallaresa](/source/Noguera_Pallaresa), a tributary to the [Segre](/source/River_Segre). It has a population of .

It was once capital of the [County of Pallars](/source/County_of_Pallars).

The origin of the name predates the Roman period and has a different origin from the concept of *sort* -Catalan for “luck”-. Sort is a toponym of Basque origin, from the word sort, or suert, which meant bridge, referring to the only important bridge that crossed the Noguera Pallaresa river.

The municipality includes the small village of [Olp](/source/Olp,_Lleida).

## References

1. ["Ajuntament de Sort"](http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=2520940003). [Generalitat of Catalonia](/source/Generalitat_of_Catalonia). Retrieved 2015-11-13.

## External links

- [Pallars Sobirà Official website](http://www.pallarssobira.cat/)
- [Pallars Sobirà Tourism](https://web.archive.org/web/20110504053207/http://turisme.pallarssobira.cat/cas/fmunicipi.php?id=27)
- [Government data pages](http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=2520940003) (in Catalan)

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