FACTS

Location: Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain

Area (only Total) total: 468 sq km

Climate: Temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

Terrain: Rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys

Population: 82,627 (July 2008 est.)

Main Language (only first): Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese

Government type: parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president of France and bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, who are represented locally by coprinces' representatives

Capital (Name): Andorra la Vella

Capital (Time Difference): +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Independence: 278 (formed under the joint suzerainty of the French Count of Foix and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel)

National holiday: Our Lady of Meritxell Day, 8 September (1278)