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Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked nation on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, Andorra was ruled by the count of Urgell until 988, when it was transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell. The present principality was formed by a charter in 1278. It is currently headed by two co-princes: the Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain, and the president of France. Its capital and largest city is Andorra la Vella.

Andorra is the fifth-smallest state in Europe, with an area of 468 square kilometres (181 sq mi) and a population of approximately 87,486. The Andorran people are a Romance ethnic group closely related to Catalans. Andorra is the world's 16th-smallest country by land and 11th-smallest by population. Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, at an elevation of 1,023 metres (3,356 feet) above sea level. The official language is Catalan, but Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.

Tourism in Andorra brings approximately 8 million visitors to the country annually. Andorra is not a member state of the European Union. It has been a member of the Council of Europe and of the United Nations since 1993. (Full article...)

The Andorra national football team (Catalan: Selecció de futbol d'Andorra) represents Andorra in men's international football and is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation, the governing body for football in Andorra. The team has enjoyed very little success due to the Principality's tiny population, the fifth smallest of any UEFA country (only Liechtenstein, San Marino, Gibraltar and the Faroe Islands are smaller).

Andorra's first official game was a 6–1 defeat in a friendly match to Estonia in 1996. Since the qualifying rounds for the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, Andorra have competed in qualifying for every European Championship and FIFA World Cup but have had very little success. They have only won thirteen matches since becoming recognised by FIFA in 1996. (Full article...)

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... that around 400 people tried to flee from Francoist Spain to Andorra through Juberri in 1937?
... that Església de Sant Serni de Canillo has the tallest bell tower in Andorra?
... that Spanish bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is expected to be a future head of state of Andorra?

The upper quarters of the coat of arms of Andorra (pictured) feature the arms of the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix, the "two traditional protectors" of the principality.

Footballer Óscar Sonejee scored the goal that won the Andorra national football team their first-ever point in an international fixture.

The following are images from various Andorra-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1RTVA, the public service television and radio broadcaster in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 2Map of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 3Boris Skossyreff, briefly self-proclaimed King of Andorra in 1934 (from Andorra)
Image 4Topographic map of Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 5Map of Andorra with its seven parishes labelled (from Andorra)
Image 6View of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Andorra)
Image 7Roc de les Bruixes prehistorical sanctuary in Canillo (detail) (from Andorra)
Image 8Manor house of the Rossell family in Ordino, Casa Rossell, built in 1611. The family also owned the largest ironwork forges in Andorra as Farga Rossell and Farga del Serrat. (from Andorra)
Image 9Population of Andorra by settlement in 2013 (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 10Guillem d'Areny-Plandolit led the New Reform of 1866. (from Andorra)
Image 11The town of Encamp, as seen from the Vall dels Cortals (from Andorra)
Image 12The centre of government in Andorra la Vella (from Andorra)
Image 13A train at Latour-de-Carol (La Tor de Querol), one of the two stations serving Andorra. Andorra has no railways, although the line connecting Latour-de-Carol and Toulouse, which in turn connects to France's TGVs at Toulouse, runs within two km (one point two mi) of the Andorran border. (from Andorra)
Image 14Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, located 12 km (7 mi) away from Andorra, in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia, Eastern Spain) (from Andorra)
Image 15Altar of Sant Romà de Vila (from Andorra)
Image 16Andorra la Vella, Capital of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 17Pas de la Casa (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 18Santa Coloma d'Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 19National Police patrolling the central area of the capital city (from Andorra)
Image 20Women's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
Image 21Andorra Telecom, the national telecom company in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 22Grandalla flower, the national symbol (from Andorra)
Image 23The New Parliament of Andorra, headquarters of the General Council since 2011, next to Casa de la Vall (from Andorra)
Image 24Andorran flag on a balcony, Ordino (from Andorra)
Image 25Charlemagne instructing his son, Louis the Pious (from Andorra)
Image 26Foreign Minister of Andorra Gilbert Saboya meeting Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 2014 (from Andorra)
Image 27The embassy of Andorra in Brussels (from Andorra)
Image 28Encamp (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 29Streets of the city centre of Andorra la Vella in 1986. From 1986 until 1989 Andorra normalised the economic treaties with the EEC.
Image 30Men's Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)
Image 31Co-Prince Charles de Gaulle in the streets of Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra, October 1967 (from Andorra)
Image 32Enlargeable, detailed map of Andorra (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 33View of Andorra la Vella with mountains (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 34Casa de la Vall, the historical and ceremonial Andorran Parliament (from Andorra)
Image 35Enthronement as Co-Prince in 1942 of Bishop Ramón Iglesias (centre). The local comite was led by Francesc Cairat (left), the First General Syndic with the longest regencie, from 1936 to 1960. (from Andorra)

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