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Andorra la Vella city overview
Andorra la Vella is a city in Andorra shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forAndorra la Vella, Capital city of Andorra, Andorra la Vella planning base 3, Andorra la Vella planning base 4
RegionAndorraAndorra
Time zoneEurope/Andorralocal time
Founded1278historical origin
City history
The settlement of Andorra la Vella has been the principal city of Andorra since 1278 when the French and the Episcopal co-princes agreed to joint suzerainty.
Its most notable building is the Casa de la Vall—constructed in the early sixteenth century—which has been the state's parliamentary house since 1702.
It also hosted both the 1991 and 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe.
In 1993, the country's first constitution formalised this parliamentary democracy with executive, legislative, and judicial branches located in Andorra la Vella.
The city also developed its skiing facilities, to the extent that Andorra la Vella was Andorra's applicant city for the XXI Olympic Winter Games, the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The site of Andorra la Vella has been settled since prior to the Christian era—notably by the Andosin tribe from the late Neolithic.
After political turmoil in the 1930s and an attempted coup by Boris Skossyreff, an informal democracy developed.
Andorra was part of the County of Urgell, one of the Catalan counties of the Marca Hispanica created by Charlemagne in the eighth century as a buffer from the Moorish settlers in the Iberian.
Andorra la Vella was, during this period, the capital of a largely isolated and feudal lordship within the Principality of Catalonia, which retained its existence due to this principle of co-sovereignty.
Well into the twentieth century, the area around Andorra la Vella remained largely forgotten.
During this period, Andorra also developed as a tax haven, resulting in the construction of modern banking offices in Andorra La Vella.
However, Andorra la Vella was not selected by the IOC as a candidate city, following the evaluation report of an IOC commission.
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Andorra la Vella
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Capital city of Andorra
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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