Andorra la Vella

Capital of Andorra

Capital city in Andorra

Andorra la Vella

Capital city

View from a northern side

Consell General d'Andorra

Casa de la Vall

Centric Hotel

Church of Saint Stephen

Massip-Dolsa house

Andorra in 1986

La Valira

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Coordinates: 42°30′22″N 01°31′18″E﻿ / ﻿42.50611°N 1.52167°E﻿ / 42.50611; 1.52167
Country| Andorra
Parishes| Andorra la Vella
Villages| La Margineda, Santa Coloma
Government

• Cònsol Major| David Astrié Padilla (DA)
Area

• Total

| 12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,023 m (3,356 ft)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 22,256[1]
Demonyms| Andorran
andorrà, andorrana (ca)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Website| Official site

Andorra la Vella[a] is the capital and largest city of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the Andorran parish that surrounds the capital.

As of 2015[update], the city had a population of 22,256,[1] and the urban area, which includes Escaldes–Engordany plus satellite villages, has over 40,000 inhabitants.[citation needed]

The principal industry is tourism, and the country also earns foreign income from being a tax haven.[citation needed] It is at an elevation of 1,023 m (3,356 ft), and is the highest capital city in Europe.[citation needed] The city shares a border with Spain.

## Name

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Andorra la Vella means "the city of Andorra", to distinguish it from the Principality of Andorra as a whole.[3] Although in Catalan the word vella (like French vieille) is derived from the Latin word vetula which means "old", the Vella here (like French ville and Catalan vila) is derived from the Latin word villa, meaning "city".[4]

## History

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Sant Andreu Church

The site of Andorra la Vella has been settled since prior to the Christian era—notably by the Andosin tribe from the late Neolithic. The state is one of the Marca Hispanica created and protected by Charlemagne in the eighth century as a buffer from the Moorish settlers in the Iberian Peninsula.[5]

The settlement of Andorra la Vella has been the principal city of Andorra since 1278 when the French and the Episcopal co-princes agreed to joint suzerainty. Andorra la Vella's old town—the Barri Antic—includes streets and buildings dating from this time. Its most notable building is the Casa de la Vall—constructed in the early sixteenth century—which has been the state's parliamentary house since 1702. Andorra la Vella was, during this period, the capital of a largely isolated and feudal state, which retained its independence due to this principle of co-sovereignty.

Well into the twentieth century, the area around Andorra la Vella remained largely forgotten. After political turmoil in the 1930s and an attempted coup by Boris Skossyreff, an informal democracy developed.

In 1993, the country's first constitution formalised this parliamentary democracy with executive, legislative, and judicial branches located in Andorra la Vella.

During this period, Andorra also developed as a tax haven, resulting in the construction of modern banking offices in Andorra La Vella. The city also developed its skiing facilities, to the extent that Andorra la Vella was Andorra's applicant city for the XXI Olympic Winter Games, the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, Andorra la Vella was not selected by the IOC as a candidate city, following the evaluation report of an IOC commission. It also hosted both the 1991 and 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe.

## Geography

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Andorra la Vella is located in the south west of Andorra, at 42°30′N 1°30′E﻿ / ﻿42.500°N 1.500°E﻿ / 42.500; 1.500,[6] at the confluence of two mountain streams, the Valira del Nord (Northern Valira) and the Valira de l'Orient (Eastern Valira), which join to form the Gran Valira. It adjoins the urban area of Escaldes–Engordany. The city is at 1,023 metres (3,356 ft) above sea level.

### Climate

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Andorra la Vella has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with warm days and cool nights in summer, and chilly to cold, snowy winters. The average annual precipitation is 812.3 mm (32 in). Temperatures in the city are lowered by the altitude (1,075 metres) compared with lowland areas.

Climate data for Andorra La Vella (Roc de Sant Pere), elevation: 1,075m (1971–2000, extremes 1934–present)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 18.0
(64.4)  | 20.0
(68.0)  | 24.8
(76.6)  | 29.0
(84.2)  | 29.2
(84.6)  | 37.4
(99.3)  | 39.0
(102.2)  | 35.9
(96.6)  | 32.0
(89.6)  | 31.0
(87.8)  | 21.2
(70.2)  | 19.0
(66.2)  | 39.0
(102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 6.9
(44.4)  | 8.9
(48.0)  | 11.7
(53.1)  | 13.3
(55.9)  | 17.6
(63.7)  | 21.9
(71.4)  | 26.2
(79.2)  | 25.4
(77.7)  | 21.4
(70.5)  | 16.0
(60.8)  | 10.7
(51.3)  | 7.5
(45.5)  | 15.6
(60.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 2.2
(36.0)  | 3.5
(38.3)  | 5.8
(42.4)  | 7.5
(45.5)  | 11.5
(52.7)  | 15.4
(59.7)  | 18.8
(65.8)  | 18.5
(65.3)  | 14.9
(58.8)  | 10.3
(50.5)  | 5.7
(42.3)  | 3.0
(37.4)  | 9.8
(49.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −2.5
(27.5)  | −1.8
(28.8)  | −0.2
(31.6)  | 1.7
(35.1)  | 5.3
(41.5)  | 8.8
(47.8)  | 11.4
(52.5)  | 11.4
(52.5)  | 8.5
(47.3)  | 4.7
(40.5)  | 0.6
(33.1)  | −1.4
(29.5)  | 3.9
(39.0)
Record low °C (°F)  | −15
(5)  | −16
(3)  | −11
(12)  | −7
(19)  | −2
(28)  | 0.0
(32.0)  | 3.0
(37.4)  | 2.0
(35.6)  | 0.0
(32.0)  | −6
(21)  | −13
(9)  | −19.5
(−3.1)  | −19.5
(−3.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 53.1
(2.09)  | 37.9
(1.49)  | 40.5
(1.59)  | 71.2
(2.80)  | 89.8
(3.54)  | 84.2
(3.31)  | 60.7
(2.39)  | 85.6
(3.37)  | 80.9
(3.19)  | 72.4
(2.85)  | 68.4
(2.69)  | 67.9
(2.67)  | 812.3
(31.98)
Source 1: ACDA[7]
Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[8]

### Subdivisions

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View of Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany

The parish of Andorra la Vella is divided into the villages of Andorra la Vella itself, La Margineda and Santa Coloma.

### Landmarks

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Footpath in Andorra la Vella

The city's old town is characterized by old stone streets and houses. The central Església de Sant Esteve (Saint Stephen) church is part of the area that guidebooks often label as a picturesque part of the city.[9] This was built in a Romanesque style in the eleventh century. As mentioned earlier, the old town also includes the country's historic parliament building. Probably the oldest building in the city is another church, dating from the ninth century, the Church of Santa Coloma d'Andorra.[10]

## Demographics

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Largest groups of foreign residents  Nationality | Population (2013)

|

Spain | 6,516
Portugal | 3,377
France | 664
Morocco | 246
Philippines | 218

Native Andorrans account for only a third (33.3%) of the population, with the plurality being Spaniards (43%), and notable minorities of Portuguese (11%) and Frenchmen (7%). Most of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics. There is a high life expectancy of over 80 years.

## Culture

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The city is the country's cultural centre, with the Government Exhibition Hall acting as a main theatre and museum. The piazza outside the parliament building is also the location of a number of events, and the town hosts a music festival every winter.

### Languages

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Catalan is the official language, although Spanish, Portuguese and French are also spoken.[11]

## Notable people

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Jaume Bartumeu, 2009

* Elidà Amigó i Montanya (born 1935 and died 2020 in Andorra la Vella) historian and activist, a leader in Andorra's women's suffrage movement
* Marc Forné Molné (born 1946 in Andorra la Vella) was the Prime Minister of Andorra from 1994 to 2005
* Lluís Claret (born 1951 in Andorra la Vella), cellist, especially of chamber music
* Albert Salvadó (born 1951 in Andorra la Vella and died in 2020), writer and industrial engineer
* Jaume Bartumeu GCIH (born 1954) lawyer and politician, who served as head of government from 2009 to 2011
* Juli Minoves (born 1969 in Andorra la Vella) diplomat, author and the 13th President of Liberal International
* Pere López Agràs (born 1971 in Andorra la Vella) politician who served as an acting Prime Minister in 2011
* Vanessa Mendoza Cortés (born 1980 in Andorra la Vella) psychologist and activist who campaigns for the decriminalisation of abortion

### Sport

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Marc García, 2016

* Javier Sánchez (born 1968 in Andorra la Vella) is a former professional tennis player, 1986 to 2000
* Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand (born 1972 in Andorra la Vella) ski mountaineer
* Toni Besolí (born 1976 in Andorra la Vella) judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight
* Marc Bernaus (born 1977 in Andorra la Vella) retired footballer who played as a left back.
* Santiago Deu (born 1980) former middle-distance freestyle swimmer, competed 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
* Meritxell Sabaté (born 1980 in Andorra la Vella) former long-distance freestyle swimmer, competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
* Marta Roure (born 1981 in Andorra la Vella) singer and actress
* Carolina Cerqueda (born 1985 in Andorra la Vella) former sprint freestyle swimmer, competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
* Marc Garcia (born 1988 in Andorra la Vella), commonly known as Chiqui, is an Andorran footballer
* Xavier Cardelús (born 1998 in Andorra la Vella), is a motorcycle rider, who competes in 2022 MotoE World Cup

## Economy and infrastructure

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Central street in Andorra la Vella

Andorra la Vella is the country's commercial centre. In the country as a whole, 80% of the GDP is derived from the 10 million tourists who visit annually.[12] The city is also the centre for the many banks and businesses that thrive from its tax haven status. The state is not a member of the European Union, but has a customs arrangement with the EU, and uses the euro.

### Transportation

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Andorra la Vella has direct access to air transportation with commercial helicopter flights from Andorra la Vella Heliport, located in the city centre. Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport is located 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of the city; it is actually located in Spain and since July 2015 operates domestic routes to various airports across that country.[13] Nearby airports located in Spain and France provide access to international flights with the nearest airports being Perpignan (156 km away) and Lleida (160 km away). The largest nearby airports are Toulouse (Tolosa), Girona and Barcelona.[14]

Andorra la Vella does not have a train station, although there are bus shuttle services linking the city to train stations at L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (France) and Lleida in Spain. There are also shuttle buses from Barcelona, Girona and Reus' airports to Andorra la Vella.[15]

## Education

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### Schooling

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Andorra la Vella has 11 schools available (10 public and 1 private), with the French system most deeply layered. The multisystem choice allows families to choose between Catalan-based, Spanish-based and French-based public schooling. Andorra la Vella has a complete educational pipeline, from early childhood to secondary, all available within the parish. All schools are built and maintained by Andorran authorities, but teachers in the French and Spanish schools are paid for the most part by France and Spain.

### Public schools by system and age

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#### Andorran Public System

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* Escola andorrana Andorra la Vella (2-11 years old)[16]
* Escola andorrana de Santa Coloma i del Roc (12-15 years old) [16]
* Escola andorrana Andorra la Vella (16-17 years old) [16]

#### Spanish Public System

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* Instituto español María Moliner en La Margineda (12-17 years old) [16]
* Colegio español Mare Janer en Santa Coloma (2-15 years old) [16]
* Colegio español Sant Ermengol en Andorra la Vella (2-17 years old) [16]
* Instituto Español de Andorra (IEA) (12-17 years old) [17]

#### French Public System

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* Ecole maternelle Française d’Andorre la Vieille (2-6 years old) [16]
* École élémentaire Française d’Andorre la Vieille (6-10 years old) [16]
* École primaire Française Santa Coloma (2-10 years old) [16]
* Lycée Française Comte de Foix en Andorra la Vella (11-17 years old) [16]

### Private schools

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* The British College of Andorra en Andorra la Vella (3-13 years old but is expanding) [16]

### Higher Education

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Andorra la Vella does not host higher education itself. The Universitat d'Andorra (UdA) is the state public university and is the only university in Andorra, situated in Sant Julià de Lòria (~7 km away).

## International relations

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### Twin towns – sister cities

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Andorra la Vella is twinned with the following cities:

* Sant Pol de Mar, Spain[18]
* Valls, Spain[19]
* Foix, France[20]
* Šid, Serbia

### Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities

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Andorra la Vella has been part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities since 2008, establishing brotherly relations with the following cities:[21]

* Asunción, Paraguay
* Barcelona, Spain
* Bogotá, Colombia
* Brasília, Brazil
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Cádiz, Spain
* Caracas, Venezuela
* Guatemala City, Guatemala
* Havana, Cuba
* Quito, Ecuador
* La Paz, Bolivia
* Lima, Peru
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Madrid, Spain
* Managua, Nicaragua
* Mexico City, Mexico
* Montevideo, Uruguay
* Panama City, Panama
* Port-au-Prince, Haiti
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* San José, Costa Rica
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Salvador, El Salvador
* Santiago, Chile
* Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
* São Paulo, Brazil
* Sucre, Bolivia
* Tegucigalpa, Honduras

## Notes

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1. ^ UK: /ænˌdɔːrə lə ˈveɪjə/ an-DOR-ə lə VAY-yə, US: /- lɑː ˈveɪljə/ -⁠ lah VAYL-yə;[2] Catalan: [ənˈdɔrə lə ˈβeʎə], locally [anˈdɔra la ˈβeʎa]; Spanish: Andorra la Vieja [anˈdora la ˈβjexa]; Occitan: Andòrra la Vila; French: Andorre-la-Vieille [ɑ̃dɔʁ la vjɛj].

## References

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1. ^ a b "Andorra". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
2. ^ Roach, Peter (2011). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15253-2.
3. ^ "Andorra la Vella | enciclopèdia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2018-09-23. ""El sobrenom la Vella, és a dir, la vila, li fou afegit posteriorment per tal de distingir la vila del conjunt del territori homònim i potser també per a subratllar-ne la capitalitat" English: "The nickname La Vella, that is, the town, was later added to distinguish the town from the whole of the territory [of Andorra] and perhaps also to emphasize its role as the capital."
4. ^ Carrick, Noel (1988). Andorra. Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 9780791000991. "The word vella has been translated into both English and Spanish as meaning 'old'. In fact, vella is a corruption of the Latin word villa, meaning 'city'. Thus Andorra la Vella merely means 'the city of Andorra'"
5. ^ "History of the Principality of Andorra". Andorramania.com. 1997-12-11. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
6. ^ "NGA: Country Files". Earth-info.nga.mil. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
7. ^ "Andorra La Vella 1971-2000 averages". ACDA. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
8. ^ "Station Andorra la Vella" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
9. ^ "The beautiful Andorra la Vella". Eslteachersboard.com. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
10. ^ "Andorra la vella travel guide". World66.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
11. ^ CIA – The World Factbook – Andorra
12. ^ "CruisesOnly - About Cruising - Cruise Advice". Nlgsolutions.com. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
13. ^ "Swiftair begins operation on July 18 at the airport of Andorra -La Seu flights to Madrid and Palma". Archived from the original on 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
14. ^ How to get to Andorra by Plane Archived July 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
15. ^ How to get to Andorra by Bus Archived May 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k andorrasolutions (2021-07-19). "Listado de las escuelas en Andorra". Andorra Solutions (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
17. ^ "Inicio Archived 2018-03-18 at the Wayback Machine" Escuela Española de Andorra la Vella. Retrieved on May 2, 2015. "C/ CIUTAL DE VALLS, 33 AD500- ANDORRA LA VELLA"
18. ^ "Andorra la Vella i Sant Pol de Mar oficialitzen el seu agermanament". 24 July 2010.
19. ^ "Valls i Andorra la Vella celebren el 40è aniversari del seu agermanament amb un concert a la Llacuna". 20 April 2007.
20. ^ "Foix. Le jumelage avec Andorre-la-Vieille relancé via la jeunesse". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
21. ^ "Ciudades miembro". UCCI (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-16.

## External links

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* City council of Andorra la Vella (in Catalan)
* Sant Esteve church in Circulo Romanico page
* Santa Coloma Church in Circulo Romanico page

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* Saint Petersburg
* Sevastopol (disputed)

Switzerland|

* Aarau, Aargau
* Altdorf, Uri
* Appenzell, Appenzell Innerrhoden
* Basel, Basel-Stadt
* Bellinzona, Ticino
* Chur, Grisons
* Delémont, Jura
* Frauenfeld, Thurgau
* Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg
* Geneva, Canton of Geneva
* Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden
* Lausanne, Vaud
* Liestal, Basel-Landschaft
* Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne
* Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel
* Sarnen, Obwalden
* Schaffhausen, Canton of Schaffhausen
* Schwyz, Canton of Schwyz
* Sion, Valais
* Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn
* Stans, Nidwalden
* St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen
* Glarus, Canton of Glarus
* Zug, Canton of Zug
* Zurich, Canton of Zürich

Autonomous
entities|

| Italy|

| Autonomous regions|

* Cagliari, Sardinia
* Palermo, Sicily
* Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
* Aosta, Aosta Valley
* Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia

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Portugal|

| Autonomous regions|

* Ponta Delgada, Angra do Heroísmo, & Horta, Azores
* Funchal, Madeira

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Spain|

* Barcelona, Catalonia
* Las Palmas & Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
* Logroño, La Rioja
* Madrid, Community of Madrid
* Mérida, Extremadura
* Murcia, Region of Murcia
* Oviedo, Asturias
* Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands
* Pamplona, Navarre
* Santander, Cantabria
* Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
* Seville, Andalusia
* Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha (de facto)
* Valencia, Valencian Community
* Valladolid, Castile and León (de facto)
* Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country (de facto)
* Zaragoza, Aragon

Other|

* Ajaccio, Corsica Collectivité (France)
* Batumi, Adjara (Georgia)
* Comrat, Gagauzia (Moldova)
* Karyes, Mount Athos (Greece)
* Mariehamn, Åland Islands (Finland)
* Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)
* Novi Sad, Vojvodina (Serbia)
* Simferopol, Crimea (Ukraine)

* 1 Also the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
* 2 Continental placement may vary depending on geographic convention being followed
* 3 Also the seat of the European Union, see Institutional seats of the European Union and Brussels and the European Union
* 4 A city-state

Places adjacent to Andorra la Vella

|  La Massana |  La Massana |  Escaldes-Engordany

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Alt Urgell, Spain |

Andorra la Vella

|  Escaldes-Engordany
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Sant Julià de Lòria |  Sant Julià de Lòria |  Escaldes-Engordany

42°30′00″N 1°30′00″E﻿ / ﻿42.50000°N 1.50000°E﻿ / 42.50000; 1.50000

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