Canillo
Sign in to saveCanillo () is one of the seven parishes which make up Andorra. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. The parish is considered the religious center of Andorra with the Sanctuary and Chapel of Our Lady of Meritxell, patron saint of Andorra, and contains one of the best-preserved romanesque churches in the Pyrenees, Sant Joan de Caselles. It has a population of 4,826 as of 2011. Despite having a tourist vocation, the parish of Canillo still retains many livestock and agricultural traits. It borders France to the north and east.
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Canillo is one of seven parishes that make up the small country of Andorra, and it serves as the religious heart of the nation, home to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra's patron saint) and a well-preserved Romanesque church called Sant Joan de Caselles. While the parish has developed tourism, it maintains its traditional character through livestock farming and agriculture, with a population of around 4,800 people and borders with France to its north and east.
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- Plaça de Sant Serni and Carrer Major of Canillo.
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- Location of Canillo town within Andorra
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- Position of Canillo parish in Andorra
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Canillo () is one of the seven parishes which make up Andorra. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. The parish is considered the religious center of Andorra with the Sanctuary and Chapel of Our Lady of Meritxell, patron saint of Andorra, and contains one of the best-preserved romanesque churches in the Pyrenees, Sant Joan de Caselles. It has a population of 4,826 as of 2011. Despite having a tourist vocation, the parish of Canillo still retains many livestock and agricultural traits. It borders France to the north and east.
==History== thumb|left|The 12th-century Romanesque church of Sant Joan de Caselles. thumb|left|Montaup River in Canillo with the church of Sant Serni at background. The etymological origin of the name of the parish Canillo and its capital is pre-Roman, Iberian or Celtic. It is documented for the first time in the ''Acta de Consagració i Dotació de la Catedral de la Seu d'Urgell'' (Deed of Consecration and Endowment of the Cathedral of La Seu d'Urgell), during the 9th century, as Kanillave or Sant Serni de Kanillave. Later on it was referred to as Canilau as it appears in a document from 1176.