Andorra is an independent nation in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Andorra, Andorra 2020 population is estimated at 77,276 according to countryaah. According to tradition, Karl conquered the great Andorra from the Moors in the 8th century AD, but the true origin of the principality is disputed.
The small country was placed in 1278 under the sovereignty of the Spanish bishop of Urgell and the French Count of Foix. The latter’s rights passed in Henry IV to the French crown in 1607. The two regents had almost feudal power over Andorra. The system was abolished during the French Revolution of 1789 but reintroduced by Napoleon. Andorra is still paying a symbolic fee, a so-called questia consisting of ham, bread and wine for both heads of the republic.
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In the early 1930s, the Andorans repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with political conditions. A proposal by the Andorran Parliament, the General Council, in 1933 to introduce universal suffrage for men was rejected by the two regents. Later that year, however, the first elections were allowed. The right to vote in these had all men over 25 whose family lived in the country for at least three generations. For Andorra political system, please check computerminus.
Andorra was neutral during both the First and Second World Wars as well as during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
