Marca Hispanica
Besalú was reconquered from the Moors by 785. It was originally a "pagus" of the County of Girona in the Marca Hispanica. The original "pagus" comprised the territories of Garrotxa and those neighbouring Montgrony and Setcases in the "comarca" of Ripollès as far as Agullana and Figueres (in Alt Empordà) and Banyoles in Pla de l'Estany.