Os de Civís should not be confused with Civís.
Official Name: | Os de Civís |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Lleida#Spain Catalonia#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Lleida |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Alt Urgell |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Les Valls de Valira |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 104 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Coordinates: | 42.5°N 27°W |
Elevation M: | 2150 |
Os de Civís (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˌoz ðə siˈβis/) is a village in the central Pyrenees mountains, in the municipality of Les Valls de Valira in Catalonia, Spain, and is located to the west of Andorra, near the villages of Aixàs and Bixessarri. Civís is the nearest Spanish village. It is the most populated village in the municipality.
Os de Civís is very close to the Spain–Andorra border, and is unique in being the only Spanish village that can be reached by vehicle only by going through Andorra. [1] The border crossing is unique in Andorra in that there is no border control: Andorra is in neither the Schengen Area nor the European Union, and thus operates full border and customs checks at all other border crossings with Spain and France, but the crossing to Os de Civís is unpoliced as the road leads solely to the village, with no access to anywhere else in Spain. The village has a number of medieval buildings, including a Romanesque church.