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Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Western Europe, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the 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 Urgell in Catalonia, 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 approximately 8 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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Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (/sɑːrˈkoʊzi/ sar-KOH-zee; French: [nikɔla pɔl stefan saʁkɔzi də naʒi bɔksa] ^ⓘ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as the president of France and co-prince of Andorra from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information and spending beyond legal campaign funding limits during his 2012 re-election campaign.

Born in Paris, his roots are 1/2 Hungarian Protestant, 1/4 Greek Jewish, and 1/4 French Catholic. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1983 to 2002, he was Minister of the Budget under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur (1993–1995) during François Mitterrand's second term. During Jacques Chirac's second presidential term, he served as Minister of the Interior and as Minister of Finances. He was the leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party from 2004 to 2007.

He won the 2007 French presidential election by a 53.1% to 46.9% margin against Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party (PS) candidate. During his term, he faced the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the late-2000s recession, and the European sovereign debt crisis, the Russo-Georgian War (for which he negotiated a ceasefire), and the Arab Spring (especially in Tunisia, Libya, and Syria). He initiated the reform of French universities (2007) and the pension reform (2010). He married Italian-French singer-songwriter Carla Bruni in 2008 at the Élysée Palace in Paris. (Full article...)

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According to a legend of the Pyrenees, witches performed naked dances near Lake Engolasters (pictured) in Andorra.

Despite playing as a defender, Ildefons Lima is the leading goalscorer in the history of the Andorra national football team.

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Image 1Santa Coloma d'Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 2View of Andorra la Vella with mountains (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 3Women's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
Image 4The town of Encamp, as seen from the Vall dels Cortals (from Andorra)
Image 5Map of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 6Roc de les Bruixes prehistorical sanctuary in Canillo (detail) (from Andorra)
Image 7View of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Andorra)
Image 8The embassy of Andorra in Brussels (from Andorra)
Image 9Manor 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)
Image 10Men's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
Image 11Map of Andorra with its seven parishes labelled (from Andorra)
Image 12The centre of government in Andorra la Vella (from Andorra)
Image 13Andorra la Vella, Capital of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 14Boris Skossyreff, briefly self-proclaimed King of Andorra in 1934 (from Andorra)
Image 15Co-Prince Charles de Gaulle in the streets of Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra, October 1967 (from Andorra)
Image 16Casa de la Vall, the historical and ceremonial Andorran Parliament (from Andorra)
Image 17Charlemagne instructing his son, Louis the Pious (from Andorra)
Image 18Grandalla flower, the national symbol (from Andorra)
Image 19The New Parliament of Andorra, headquarters of the General Council since 2011, next to Casa de la Vall (from Andorra)
Image 20Guillem d'Areny-Plandolit led the New Reform of 1866. (from Andorra)
Image 21RTVA, the public service television and radio broadcaster in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 22Streets of the city centre of Andorra la Vella in 1986. From the same year until 1989 Andorra normalized the economic treaties with the EEC.
Image 23National Police patrolling the central area of the capital city (from Andorra)
Image 24Altar of Sant Romà de Vila (from Andorra)
Image 25Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, located 12 kilometres (7 mi) away from Andorra, in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia, Eastern Spain) (from Andorra)
Image 26Andorran flag on a balcony, Ordino (from Andorra)
Image 27Andorra Telecom, the national telecom company in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 28Encamp (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 29A 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)
Image 30Enthronement 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)
Image 31Pas de la Casa (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 32Population of Andorra by settlement in 2013 (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 33Enlargeable, detailed map of Andorra (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 34Foreign 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)
Image 35Topographic map of Andorra (from Andorra)