Official Name: | Meritxell |
Pushpin Map: | Andorra |
Pushpin Image: | Andorra relief location map.jpg |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andorra |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Parish |
Subdivision Name1: | Canillo |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 75 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Coordinates: | 42.5542°N 1.5906°W |
Meritxell (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /məɾiˈtʃeʎ/) is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo in the north of the country near the French border. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra.[2]
In the village is the Basilica of Our Lady of Meritxell, which replaces the original Romanesque style sanctuary burnt down in a fire in 1972. It houses a replica of the Romanesque carving of the Virgin that was also destroyed in the fire.