Encamp
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| Country | Andorra |
| Parishes | Encamp |
| Villages | Grau Roig, La Mosquera, El Tremat, Les Bons, Pas de la Casa, Vila |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Miquel Alís Font (PS) |
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| Template:Pluralize from text | encampadà, encampadanaTemplate:Pluralize from text |
| Template:Pluralize from text | AD200 |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Website | Official site |
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Encamp (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, El Tremat, La Mosquera and Les Bons. As of 2004, it has about 11,800 inhabitants. The centre of the municipality lies 1,226 metres (4,020 ft) above sea level. The highest mountain in the parish is Pic dels Pessons (2,865 m or 9,400 ft). It borders France and Spain.[1]
Geography
The parish contains the lake and dam of Estany de l'Illa in the Gargantillar hills at an altitude of about 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).[2]
Climate
Encamp has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Encamp is Template:Cvt. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around Template:Cvt, and lowest in January, at around Template:Cvt. The highest temperature ever recorded in Encamp was Template:Cvt on 29 June 1935; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Template:Cvt on 2 February 1956. Script error: No such module "weather box".
Radio transmitter
Radio Andorra operated a transmitter at Lake Engolasters in Encamp from 7 August 1939 until 9 April 1981. The antenna still exists at an elevation of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) (coordinates: Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).
Economy
The economy of the parish is mostly based on its tourism industry, particularly skiing and hiking. There is also retail industry in the town of Encamp. There is a hydroelectric power station.
Transport
A road tunnel is being built between Encamp and Anyós in the neighbouring parish of La Massana; It cut journey times from 10 to 15 minutes to 5 minutes.
A cable car used to connect the town with Lake Engolasters, but it has been dismantled. However, a 2-stretch funitel built in 1998[4] connects Encamp with a ridge at 2.500 m within Grandvalira ski resort, thus assuring a lift+ski link with El Pas de la Casa and the rest of the domain.
Education
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The following education establishments are located in Encamp:[5]
- The Spanish international primary school Escuela Española de la Vall d'Orient.[6]
- The Escola Andorrana de Maternal i 1a ensenyança d’Encamp (or Andorran Preschool and Elementary School of Encamp)[7]
- The French Public Primary School of Encamp.[8][9]
- The Andorran School of Pas de la Casa, Encamp.[10]
- The French School of Pas de la Casa, Encamp,[11] founded in the 1960's, at an altitude of over 2000 meters above sea level.
An Encamp secondary school was one of the places visited in 2018 by members of the Council of Europe's Education Department, with Andorran education minister Èric Jover, to review how the Andorran education system applied the council's Model of Competences for Democratic Culture (CDC).[12]
Notable people
- Josep Carles Laínez (born 1970 in Valencia) is a Spanish writer, has a home in Encamp
- Verònica Canals i Riba, Minister of Tourism
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Encamp". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in català). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gel, Carles (2003). Andorra (in Catalan). Cossetània Edicions. p. 116. ISBN 978-84-96035-19-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Climate of Encamp 1981-2010" (PDF) (in français). Météo-France. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Funitel Débrayable (FUN D) Funicamp - www.remontees-mecaniques.net". www.remontees-mecaniques.net.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharp, Guy (2018-05-03). "Andorra's School System". Andorra Guides. Archived from the original on 2025-09-02. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- ^ "Inicio Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Escuela Española de la Vall d'Orient. Retrieved on May 2, 2015. "C/ René Baulard, 5 AD200 ENCAMP (Principat d'Andorra)"
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Home | Escola Andorrana Encamp". www.educand.ad. Archived from the original on 2025-11-01. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Accueil | École primaire Encamp". www.educand.ad. Archived from the original on 2025-11-01. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ecole Primaire Française Encamp". sef.xena.ad (in français). Archived from the original on 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Escola Andorrana del Pas de la Casa". www.educand.ad (in català). Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Accueil" [Home]. sef.xena.ad (in français). Archived from the original on 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Council of Europe delegation visited Andorra to learn about the results of the implementation of the Model of CDC". Education. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
External links
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