Thursday, August 16, 2012

Andorra la Vella .. a modern city in the Pyrenees mountains

Andorra la Vella, the capital of the "Principality of Andorra" (in Catalan: Principat d' Andorra) with a population of more than 22,200 inhabitants (year 2012) and the highest capital city in Europe with 0% unemployment, is a modern built city with focus on tourism visited from over 14 million tourists annually. It is also the centre for banks and businesses, that benefit from Andorra's tax haven status. Here is no income tax, inheritance tax or capital tax. Since January 2006, the value-added tax is 4 percent on products and services.

Principality of Andorra is a microstate: Founded in September 1278, Andorra is since March 1993 a "Parliamentary Co-Principality" and is governed by the Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia in Spain and the President of France. Andorra is no member state of the European Union, but its currency is EURO. It has more than 85.000 inhabitants, the official language is Catalan.

Andorra has a well-developed road transport network. But it has no motorways because of the geographical location in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France. The speed limit outside of towns is 90 km/h, inside towns 40 km/h. The bus transport network is well in Andorra and from Andorra la Vella start 8 bus routes during the day.

The microstate Andorra has no rail transport network and no train station. Bus shuttle services connect Andorra la Vella to the nearest train stations L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre in France and Lleida in Spain.

Andorra has no AIRPORT. Bus shuttle services in Andorra like NOVATEL connect Andorra la Vella to the nearest airports in Toulouse, Girona, Perpignan and Barcelona in a more than three hours bus trip - from Andorra la Vella to Girona Costa Brava Airport in 3 hours 15 minutes for 31€ in the year 2012.

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