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Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, 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 sixth-smallest state in Europe, with an area of 468 square kilometres (181 sq mi) and a population of approximately 79,034.0 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 an estimated 10.2 million visitors to the country annually. Andorra is not a member state of the European Union. It has been a member of the United Nations since 1993. (Full article...)

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Boris in 1934

Boris Mikhailovich Skossyreff (Russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Ско́сырев, romanized: Boris Mikhailovich Skosyrev; Catalan: Borís Mikhàilovitx Skóssirev pronounced [boˌɾis .mikˌaj.lo.vit͡ʃ ˈsko.si.ɾef]; 12 June 1896 – 27 February 1989) was a Belarusian adventurer, international swindler and pretender who attempted to seize the monarchy of the Principality of Andorra during the early 1930s, styling himself King Boris I of Andorra.

Skossyreff was born in Lithuania to a family of lower nobility from Belarus. Following the outbreak of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Skossyreff was able to seek political asylum in England, where he enlisted in the British army for the end of World War I. This was followed by his work in the British Foreign Office. He moved to the Netherlands in the mid-1920s, where he was in a list of Prominent Foreign Revolutionaries in 1924, prepared by the General Intelligence and Security Service, in which he was noted as an international swindler. Despite this, Skossyreff falsely claimed to have been working in the Royal household of the Netherlands.

Through his visits to Andorra, a co-Principality in the Pyrenees co-princed by the Bishop of Urgell and President of France, in the early 1930s, Skossyreff worked on gaining power. During extensive conversations with local politicians in May 1934, Skossyreff presented the Government of Andorra a document in which he justified his intentions of rule. (Full article...)

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The General Council of the Valleys, the parliament of Andorra, has only 28 members.

The Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a World Heritage Site, is considered to be the "spiritual heart" of Andorra.

Although it is not a member of the European Union, Andorra uses the euro.

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Image 1Andorra la Vella, Capital of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 2Enthronement 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)
Image 3Andorra Telecom, the national telecom company in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 4Manor 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 5Roc de les Bruixes prehistorical sanctuary in Canillo (detail) (from Andorra)
Image 6Santa Coloma d'Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 7View of Andorra la Vella with mountains (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 8Streets of the city centre of Andorra la Vella in 1986. From the same year until 1989 Andorra normalized the economic treaties with the EEC.
Image 9Casa de la Vall, the historical and ceremonial Andorran Parliament (from Andorra)
Image 10Andorran flag on a balcony, Ordino (from Andorra)
Image 11Map of Andorra (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 12The centre of government in Andorra la Vella (from Andorra)
Image 13Map of Andorra with its seven parishes labelled (from Andorra)
Image 14National Police patrolling the central area of the capital city (from Andorra)
Image 15Enlargeable, detailed map of Andorra (from Geography of Andorra)
Image 16Encamp (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 17Pas de la Casa (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 18A 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 kilometres (1.2 miles) of the Andorran border. (from Andorra)
Image 19Charlemagne instructing his son, Louis the Pious (from Andorra)
Image 20Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, located 12 kilometres (7 mi) away from Andorra, in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia, Eastern Spain) (from Andorra)
Image 21The New Parliament of Andorra, headquarters of the General Council since 2011, next to Casa de la Vall (from Andorra)
Image 22RTVA, the public service television and radio broadcaster in Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 23Foreign 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 24The town of Encamp, as seen from the Vall dels Cortals (from Andorra)
Image 25Guillem d'Areny-Plandolit led the New Reform of 1866. (from Andorra)
Image 26Topographic map of Andorra (from Andorra)
Image 27Boris Skossyreff, briefly self-proclaimed King of Andorra in 1934 (from Andorra)
Image 28Co-Prince Charles de Gaulle in the streets of Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra, October 1967 (from Andorra)
Image 29Altar of Sant Romà de Vila (from Andorra)
Image 30Population of Andorra by settlement in 2013 (from List of cities and towns in Andorra)
Image 31Grandalla flower, the national symbol (from Andorra)
Image 32View of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Andorra)
Image 33The embassy of Andorra in Brussels (from Andorra)
Image 34Folk costume (Le val d'Andorre) (from Andorra)