Portal:Andorra

Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, borderedbyFrance to the north and Spaintothe south. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, Andorra was ruled by the count of Urgell until 988, when it was transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell. The present principality was formed by a charter in 1278. It is currently headed by two co-princes: the bishop of UrgellinCatalonia, Spain and the president of France. Its capital and largest city is Andorra la Vella.

Andorra is the sixth-smallest state in Europe, with an area of 468 square kilometres (181 sq mi) and a population of approximately 79,034.0 The Andorran people are a Romance ethnic group closely related to Catalans. Andorra is the world's 16th-smallest country by land and 11th-smallest by population. Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, at an elevation of 1,023 metres (3,356 feet) above sea level. The official language is Catalan, but Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.

Tourism in Andorra brings an estimated 10.2 million visitors to the country annually. Andorra is not a member state of the European Union. It has been a member of the United Nations since 1993. (Full article...)

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Plaça de Sant Serni and Carrer Major of Canillo.

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• ... that the Casa Rull in Andorra was said to be occupied by "fat peasants"?

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• Amongst Andorra's 65 mountain peaks over 6,560 feet (2,000 m), the peak of Coma Pedrosa (pictured) is the highest at 9,652 feet (2,942 m).

• "El Gran Carlemany", the national anthem of Andorra, proclaims the microstate as the "only remaining daughter of the Carolingian empire".

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  Image 1Pas de la Casa (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
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  Image 2Roc de les Bruixes prehistorical sanctuary in Canillo (detail) (from Andorra)
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  Image 3View of Andorra la Vella with mountains (from Geography of Andorra)
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  Image 4Andorra Telecom, the national telecom company in Andorra (from Andorra)
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  Image 5Boris Skossyreff, briefly self-proclaimed King of Andorra in 1934 (from Andorra)
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  Image 6Andorra la Vella, Capital of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
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  Image 7Encamp (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
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  Image 8Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, located 12 kilometres (7 mi) away from Andorra, in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia, Eastern Spain) (from Andorra)
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  Image 9Population of Andorra by settlement in 2013 (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
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  Image 10Map of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
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  Image 11The embassy of Andorra in Brussels (from Andorra)
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  Image 12Casa de la Vall, the historical and ceremonial Andorran Parliament (from Andorra)
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  Image 13Santa Coloma d'Andorra (from Andorra)
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  Image 14Co-Prince Charles de Gaulle in the streets of Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra, October 1967 (from Andorra)
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  Image 15Map of Andorra with its seven parishes labelled (from Andorra)
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  Image 16Topographic map of Andorra (from Andorra)
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  Image 17The centre of government in Andorra la Vella (from Andorra)
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  Image 18The town of Encamp, as seen from the Vall dels Cortals (from Andorra)
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  Image 19The New Parliament of Andorra, headquarters of the General Council since 2011, next to Casa de la Vall (from Andorra)
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  Image 20Foreign Minister of Andorra Gilbert Saboya meeting Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 2014 (from Andorra)
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  Image 21Guillem d'Areny-Plandolit led the New Reform of 1866. (from Andorra)
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  Image 22Enlargeable, detailed map of Andorra (from Geography of Andorra)
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  Image 23Manor house of the Rossell family in Ordino, Casa Rossell, built in 1611. The family also owned the largest ironwork forges in Andorra as Farga Rossell and Farga del Serrat. (from Andorra)
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  Image 24Streets of the city centre of Andorra la Vella in 1986. From the same year until 1989 Andorra normalized the economic treaties with the EEC.
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  Image 25Grandalla flower, the national symbol (from Andorra)
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  Image 26View of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Andorra)
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  Image 27A train at Latour-de-Carol (La Tor de Querol), one of the two stations serving Andorra. Andorra has no railways, although the line connecting Latour-de-Carol and Toulouse, which in turn connects to France's TGVs at Toulouse, runs within two kilometres (1.2 miles) of the Andorran border. (from Andorra)
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  Image 28Andorran flag on a balcony, Ordino (from Andorra)
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  Image 29RTVA, the public service television and radio broadcaster in Andorra (from Andorra)
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  Image 30Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
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  Image 31Altar of Sant Romà de Vila (from Andorra)
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  Image 32Enthronement as Co-Prince in 1942 of Bishop Ramón Iglesias (centre). The local comite was led by Francesc Cairat (left), the First General Syndic with the longest regencie, from 1936 to 1960. (from Andorra)
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  Image 33National Police patrolling the central area of the capital city (from Andorra)
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  Image 34Charlemagne instructing his son, Louis the Pious (from Andorra)

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