Andorra

Andorra

Andorra ranks 171st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nauru, Greenland, and Grenada. Memorable people born in present day Andorra include Antoni Martí, Albert Pintat, and Jaume Bartumeu. Memorable people who died in Andorra include Antoni Martí, Òscar Ribas Reig, and Nicolas Portal. Andorra has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and cyclists.

Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Western 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. Read more on Wikipedia