Parishes of Andorra explained

Parishes
Parròquies d'Andorra
Category:Unitary state
Territory:Principality of Andorra
Current Number:7 Parishes
Population Range:4,325 Canillo – 22,440 Andorra la Vella
Area Range:12sqkm Andorra la Vella – 121sqkm Canillo
Government:Parish government
Subdivision:Village

Andorra consists of seven communities known as parishes (Catalan; Valencian: '''parròquies''', singularparròquia). Until relatively recently, it had only six parishes; the seventh, Escaldes-Engordany, was created in 1978.

Overview

Andorra la Vella is the capital of Andorra. Some parishes have a further territorial subdivision; Ordino, La Massana and Sant Julià de Lòria are subdivided into quarts (quarters), while Canillo is subdivided into 10 veïnats (neighborhoods). Those mostly coincide with villages, which are found in all parishes.

Each parish has its own elected mayor who is the nominal head of the local government known as a comú in Catalan.

FlagParishISO 3166-2AreaPopulationPopulation Density
scope=colkm2scope=colmi2scope=col1990scope=col2000scope=col2007scope=col2015scope=col2019per km2 in 2019
Andorra la VellaAD-0712km2align=right 19,022align=right 21,189align=right 24,574align=right 21,428align=right 22,440 1870
CanilloAD-02121km21,2902,7065,4223,3684,32535.74
EncampAD-0374km27,11910,59514,02910,85711,688157.9
Escaldes-EngordanyAD-0847km2align=right 12,235align=right 15,299align=right 16,475align=right 13,873align=right 14,599310.6
La Massana[1] AD-0465km2align=right 3,868align=right 6,276align=right 9,357align=right 9,096align=right 10,174156.5
OrdinoAD-0589km2align=right 1,289align=right 2,283align=right 3,685align=right 4,429align=right 4,94255.5
Sant Julià de LòriaAD-0660km2align=right 6,012align=right 7,623align=right 9,595align=right 8,681align=right 9,375156.3
AndorraAD468km2align=right 50,835align=right 65,971align=right 83,137align=right 71,732align=right 77,543165.7

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lamassana.ad/lamassana/parroq_lamassana.htm Parroquia de la Massana, Comú de la Massana

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