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13-586: The village is located in the west of the country, adjacent to the town of La Massana and the CG-3 main road . The CS-320 secondary road connects Sispony to these. The village is home to the Església de Sant Joan de Sispony , a Catholic church. Built around the 13th century, it has since been designated an Andorran cultural heritage site . 42°32′N 1°31′E  /  42.533°N 1.517°E  / 42.533; 1.517 This Andorran location article

26-591: A contract was awarded to Acsa Sorigué for the redevelopment work towards reopening the airport. The airport reopened on 4 June 2010. In the first year there was a total of 1,751 flights, with more than 3,000 people on board. An agreement between the Catalan government and the Principality of Andorra , located 12 km away, was reached in 2014 to rename the facility Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport following financial investment from Andorra. On 8 January 2015,

39-569: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Transport in Andorra#Roads Andorra is a landlocked country in Europe, which lies between France and Spain , whose transport infrastructure is primarily road provision. Andorra has no railways, and never had, although the line connecting Latour-de-Carol and Toulouse , which in turn connects to France's TGVs at Toulouse, runs within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of

52-521: Is a public airport owned by the government of Catalonia and hosts general aviation and commercial flights. It is located in the municipality of Montferrer i Castellbò in Catalonia, eastern Spain , and serves the city of La Seu d'Urgell and the microstate of Andorra , which is 12 km north of the airport. The airport has a short runway which limits aircraft sizes and the distance to destinations. La Seu d'Urgell airfield opened in 1982 but

65-623: The Andorran border. One station in France is connected by bus to Andorra la Vella — L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (served by the SNCF ). A bus service used to run to Latour-de-Carol, served by both SNCF's line to Toulouse and Spain's ( Renfe 's) line to Barcelona . A new public transport system, " Metro Aeri ", was proposed by the government in 2004, but has not been built. It would have been an elevated cable metro system that would glide above

78-623: The Barcelona and Toulouse airports to Andorra. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA .   (Archived 2000 edition.) [REDACTED] Media related to Transport in Andorra at Wikimedia Commons Andorra%E2%80%93La Seu d%27Urgell Airport Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport ( Catalan : Aeroport Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell , Spanish : Aeropuerto Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell ; IATA : LEU , ICAO : LESU )

91-708: The CG-1 to the Spanish border, and the CG-2 to the French border via the Envalira Tunnel near Pas de la Casa . In winter, the main roads in Andorra are usually quickly cleared of snow and remain accessible, but the main road out of Andorra on the French side ( RN-20 on the French side and CG-2 on the Andorran side) is less frequently cleared and is sometimes closed by avalanches. Other main roads out of Andorra la Vella are

104-625: The CG-3 and CG-4 to Arcalis and Pal , respectively. Bus services cover all metropolitan areas and many rural communities, with services on most major routes running half-hourly or more frequently during peak travel times. There are frequent long-distance bus services from Andorra to Barcelona and Barcelona Airport , and also to Toulouse and Toulouse Airport , in each case taking approximately 3 hours. Bus routes also serve Girona Airport and Portugal via Lleida . Bus services are mostly run by private companies, but some local ones are operated by

117-784: The Principality. There is an airport located in the neighbouring Catalan comarca of Alt Urgell , 12 km south of the Andorran-Spanish border, named Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport . Starting July 2015 it has operated commercial flights to Madrid and Palma de Mallorca , and as of September 2022 flight are operated to Madrid by Iberia Regional . The nearest other airports are at Perpignan , France (156 km from Andorra) and Lleida , Spain (160 km from Andorra). The largest nearby airports are at Toulouse , France (165 km from Andorra) and Barcelona , Spain (215 km from Andorra). There are hourly bus services from both

130-601: The airport opened as a public airport, and started receiving regular or tourist charter flights during 2015. Eight tourist charter flights per direction were operated by Swiftair during the summer 2015, four from Madrid , four from Palma de Mallorca . 2015 also saw the arrival of Air Andorra and Andorra Airlines , with both airlines using the airport as its main hub and offering flights to various airports in Spain and France. French regional airline Twin Jet operated flights to

143-480: The city's river. Andorra has a network of roads, with a total length of 269 km (167 mi), of which 198 km (123 mi) are paved, leaving 71 km (44 mi) of unpaved road. The main road to the north ( France ) goes through the Envalira pass, which is 2,409 metres (7,904 ft) high but nevertheless open all year round as it has a tunnel as well. The two main roads out of Andorra la Vella are

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156-515: The government. The private bus companies are Autocars Nadal, Camino Bus, Cooperativa Interurbana Andorrana, Eurolines, Hispano Andorrana, and Novatel. There are no airports for fixed-wing aircraft within Andorra's borders but there are, however, heliports in La Massana (Camí Heliport), Arinsal and Escaldes-Engordany with commercial helicopter services. Nearby airports located in Spain and France provide access to international flights for

169-518: Was closed to commercial traffic in 1984 and was used only by private aircraft until 2008, when the airport was purchased by the Catalan government and closed pending its redevelopment and reopening as a commercial airport. In 2008, the Institut Català del Sòl (a department of the Catalan government ) bought 85% of the airport's land to create Pirineus–La Seu d'Urgell Airport . In 2009,

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