Roarcry
← Back to the map

Andorra

OrdinoCanilloEncampLa MassanaSant Julià de LòriaEscaldes-EngordanyAndorra la VellaOrdinoCanilloEncampLa MassanaSant Julià de LòriaEscaldes-EngordanyAndorra la Vella
Region boundary Selected Hover a region for its name

Profile

Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

The landlocked Principality of Andorra -- one of the smallest states in Europe and nestled high in the Pyrenees between the French and Spanish borders -- is the last independent survivor of the Hispanic March states created by Frankish King Charlemagne in 795 after he halted the Moorish invasion of Spain. The March states were a series of buffer states to keep the Muslim Moors from advancing into Christian France. For 715 years, from 1278 to 1993, Andorrans lived under a unique co-principality, ruled by French and Spanish leaders (from 1607 onward, the French chief of state and the Bishop of Urgell).

Capital
Andorra la Vella
Government
parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains its chiefs of state in the form of…
Population
85,370
Area
468 sq km
Location
Southwestern Europe, Pyrenees mountains, on the border between France and Spain
Climate
temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers
Natural resources
hydropower; mineral water; timber; iron ore; lead
Languages
Catalan (official) 44.1%; Castilian 40.3%; Portuguese 13.5%; French 10%…
Religions
Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) 89.5; other 8.8%; unaffiliated 1.7%
Independence
1278 (formed under the joint sovereignty of the French Count of Foix and the Spanish Bisho…
Administrative divisions
7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra la Vella, Canillo, Encamp, Escaldes-Engordany, La Massana, Ordino…
Currency
euros (EUR)
Export partners
Spain 39%; USA 21%; France 11%; UK 5%…
Import partners
Spain 65%; France 11%; Germany 4%; China 3%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

Subdivisions

7 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.

NameTypeCode
OrdinoRegionAD-05
CanilloRegionAD-02
EncampRegionAD-03
La MassanaRegionAD-04
Sant Julià de LòriaRegionAD-06
Escaldes-EngordanyRegionAD-08
Andorra la VellaRegionAD-07

Two ways to take part

They are different things, done by different entities, and one is never a route to the other.

Roarcry · the church

Give

A donation to the congregation. It is not repaid, earns nothing, and carries no claim on anything. Roarcry is not a registered 501(c)(3), so give as a gift rather than for a write-off.

A gift named for Andorra is a restricted gift: recorded against Andorra and spent there. If it cannot be spent there within a year it is pooled into the general fund and spent wherever it is needed most. That is a term of the gift, said here so that giving is agreeing to it.

Investment Fund, LLC · the issuer

Invest

A subscription for Class B units. It is at risk, it is not tax-deductible, it is not a donation, and you can lose all of it. Open only to verified accredited investors.

One fund covers every country on the map, on one set of terms. No country has its own vehicle, its own minimum or its own return.

The church is not the issuer, not a guarantor and not a party to any subscription. No donation to the church confers any interest in the fund.

Before you travel

This site publishes no safety assessment of its own. Conditions change faster than any page, so these link to the governments that issue advisories and revise them.

Currency
euros (EUR)
Languages
Catalan (official) 44.1%; Castilian 40.3%; Portuguese 13.5%; French 10%…
Government
parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains its chiefs of state in the form of…
Climate
temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

Search each for Andorra. Advisories are issued per country and change without notice; a link here is not an endorsement of travel.

Nearby

The closest countries on the map, by distance alone.