JPEE-FUNFACTS: With this Andorra knowledge you can shine

Andorra is a European inland state located in the Pyrenees, which borders on Spain and in the north on France.

With an area of ​​the equivalent of 65 soccer fields (486 square kilometers), the venue of the JPEE 2025 is the largest of the six European dwarf states (Andorra, Malta, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco and the Vatican state).

The independent principality does not have its own airport, but with the bishop of La Se Seu d’Urgell and the President of the French Republic, Andorra has two heads of state, each of whom held her office in a representative nature.

A total of 65 mountains rise in the small state over 2,000 m, the highest of which is the Coma Pedrosa (2,942 m). The lowest point (840 meters) lies with Sant Julia de Loria and is still almost 300 m higher than the « Kneiff » (560 m) in the area of ​​the village of Wilwerdingen near Huldingen in Luxembourg.

In contrast to other countries, Andorra does not have her own army. However, the defendable of the approximately 85,000 citizens are legally obliged to defend the country in the event of a conflict, which caused Andorra to preserve its independence in the course of history.

No other capital in Europe is higher than Andorra La Vella (1,023 m).

The country has not yet been able to win a medal at the Olympic Games, but is the only nation that leads Catalan as an official language.