Parishes of Andorra

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Updates: 

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has new ISO parish codes for Andorra. They are shown in the table below.

The Universal Postal Union has posted a document  listing postal codes for the seven parishes and 52 localities. There are only seven distinct codes mentioned in the document. The last two digits are "00" in all instances.

Change Notice 6 to FIPS PUB 10-4 was published on 2001-01-28. It shows the separation of Escaldes-Engordany from Andorra la Vella.

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on 1998-12-15. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Andorra, the draft standard showed seven parishes with their codes. The final standard mentions that there are seven parishes, but declines to specify names or codes. It says that these divisions are "not relevant".

Country overview: 

Short nameANDORRA
ISO codeAD
FIPS codeAN
LanguageCatalan (ca)
Time zone+1 ~
CapitalAndorra la Vella

 

Andorra has been a joint fief of France and Spain throughout the 20th century.

Other names of country: 

  1. Catalan: Principat d'Andorra (formal)
  2. Dutch: Vorstendom Andorra (formal)
  3. English: Principality of Andorra (formal)
  4. French: Andorre, Principauté f d'Andorre f (formal)
  5. Italian: Andorra
  6. Norwegian: Andorra, Fyrstedømmet Andorra (formal)
  7. Portuguese: Andorra, Principado m de Andorra f (formal)
  8. Spanish: Principado m de Andorra f (formal)

Origin of name: 

Possibly Navarrian andurrial: land covered with bushes, or Basque ama: ten, iturri: springs

Primary subdivisions: 

Andorra is divided into seven parròquies (parishes; sing. parròquia).

ParishHASCISOFIPSPostPopulationArea(km.²)Area(mi.²)Capital
Andorra la VellaAD.AN07AN0750021,1895923Andorra
CanilloAD.CA02AN021002,70612147Canillo
EncampAD.EN03AN0320010,5957429Encamp
Escaldes-EngordanyAD.EE08AN0870015,299  Les Escaldes-Engordany
La MassanaAD.MA04AN044006,2766124La Massana
OrdinoAD.OR05AN053002,2838934Ordino
Sant Julià de LòriaAD.JL06AN066007,6236023Sant Julià de Lòria
7 parishes65,971464179
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
  • ISO: Codes from international standard ISO 3166-2.
  • FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard.
  • Post: Parish postal codes. Prefix them with AD for the full code. (This is a new postal
    code system implemented in 2004.)
  • Population: 1999 census, compiled from local registers.
  • Area: My source for areas antedates the creation of Escaldes-Engordany,
    so its area is included in that of Andorra la Vella.

Origins of names: 

Les Escaldes: French for thermal springs.

Change history: 

1978: Escaldes-Engordany split from Andorra la Vella (former FIPS code AN01).

Other names of subdivisions: 

  1. Andorra la Vella: Andorra (informal); Andorra-a-Velha (Portuguese); Andorre-la-Vieille (French); Andorra la Vieja (Spanish) [literally, Andorra the old.]
  2. Escaldes-Engordany: Escaldes i Engordany, Les Escaldes (variant)
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