Meritxell
Sign in to saveMeritxell () is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo in the north of the country near the French border. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patroness saint of Andorra.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Meritxell
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Andorra, Santuari nou de Meritxell (5) 37-WLM.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Basilica of Our Lady of Meritxell
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Andorra
- Settlement.pushpin_image
- Andorra relief location map.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Andorra
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Canillo
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 75
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 69
- Elevation
- 2209
- Image
- Santuari vell de Meritxell.jpg
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Meritxell () is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo in the north of the country near the French border. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patroness saint of Andorra.
In the village is the Basilica of Our Lady of Meritxell, which replaces the original Romanesque style sanctuary burnt down in a fire in 1972. It houses a replica of the Romanesque carving of the Virgin that was also destroyed in the fire.
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3 mapped locations
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France
Country
Andorra
Country
Latin
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Andorra la Vella
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geographic coordinate system
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patron saint
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Romanesque architecture
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Escaldes-Engordany
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Sant Julià de Lòria
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Canillo
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Encamp
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Ordino
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La Massana
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list of poblacions (populated places) of Andorra
Entity
parish of Andorra
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El Pas de la Casa
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Santa Coloma d'Andorra
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Arinsal
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Joan Coromines
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Soldeu
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