"Palatia" in Septimania: Signs of al-Andalus territorial organisation at the north of the Pyrenees

Presence of Andalusian State in Septimania has been traditionally neglected, with few exceptions, by historiography. In this text, we try to offer a view of the territorial organisation of the Andalusian State at the north of the Pyrenees by means of a line of research, contrasted in Catalunya Vella, that identifies the toponyms derived from palatium with a primitive network of settlements built during the Islamic conquest. The study of documentary and toponymic sources reveals that these toponyms show the guidelines of a logical spread, always concentrated in southern Septimania.