Meritxell
Meritxell | |
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_37-WLM.jpg) Basilica of Our Lady of Meritxell | |
  Meritxell Location in Andorra | |
| Coordinates: 42°33′15″N 1°35′26″E / 42.55417°N 1.59056°E | |
| Country |  Andorra |
| Parish | Canillo |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 75 |
Meritxell (Catalan pronunciation: [məɾiˈtʃeʎ]) 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.[2]
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.
The Catalan philologist Joan Coromines says that Meritxell is a diminutive of merig, from the Latin meridiem ('midday'). Merig is a name used by shepherds to denote a pasture with a lot of sun.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Department of Statistics, Andorran Government". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "World Gazetteer World Gazetteer".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Meritxell Chapel". Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
The villages are listed per parish (parròquia) | ||
| Canillo |  | |
| Encamp | ||
| Ordino | ||
| La Massana | ||
| Andorra la Vella | ||
| Sant Julià de Lòria | ||
| Escaldes-Engordany | ||
42°33′15″N 1°35′26″E / 42.55417°N 1.59056°E
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