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Andorra

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The Education Systems of Europe

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The Principality of Andorra (Principat d’Andorra) is situated in the Pyrenees and surrounded by France and Spain. It has an area of 468 km2 and a population of around 76,000 (data as of 2012) – making it one of the smallest countries in Europe. Nevertheless, due to historical and political reasons, it has a complex and pluralistic education system. Historically, the system of the coprincipality, established in 1278, with the Catholic bishop of Urgell, Spain, and the head of France as coprinces, brought about the creation of Spanish and French schools. This initially resulted in the development of two parallel school systems, both governed by the respective foreign administrations.

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  1. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Bonn, Germany

    Wendelin Sroka

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  1. University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Wolfgang Hörner

  2. University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

    Hans Döbert

  3. Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany

    Lutz R. Reuter

  4. German Institute for Pedagogical Research, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    Botho von Kopp

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Sroka, W. (2015). Andorra. In: Hörner, W., Döbert, H., Reuter, L., von Kopp, B. (eds) The Education Systems of Europe. Global Education Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07473-3_2

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