Postal services in Andorra
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'''Postal services in Andorra''' are unique in that they are not operated by the Principality itself, but its two larger neighbouring countries, [[Spain]] and [[France]]. This is a legacy of the centuries of ''de facto'' control exercised by those two countries over [[Andorra]]. Today [[Correos]] of Spain and ''[[La Poste]]'' of France operate side by side; Spanish post boxes being red and French ones being yellow.
Both postal administrations issue their own postage stamps for use in Andorra - those of Spain and France are not valid. Andorran stamps feature unique designs, often featuring the country's two ''[[List of Co-Princes of Andorra|co-princes]]'' or joint heads of state, the [[President of France]] and the [[Bishop of Urgell]] in Spain. Mail to addresses within the Principality is delivered free of charge.
==Introduction of Post Codes==
Until [[2004]], Andorra had no [[post code]]s, but in that year, in cooperation with both countries' postal administrations, these were finally introduced, with each of the seven [[Parishes of Andorra|parish]] in the principality having its own post code, (or ''codi postal'' in [[Catalan language|Catalan]]).
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<tr><td>'''Parish'''</td><td>'''Post Code'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Canillo]]</td><td>'''AD100'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Encamp]]</td><td>'''AD200'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ordino]]</td><td>'''AD300'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[La Massana]]</td><td>'''AD400'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Andorra la Vella]]</td><td>'''AD500'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Sant Julià de Lòria]]</td><td>'''AD600'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Escaldes-Engordany]]</td><td>'''AD700'''</td></tr></table>
PO Box addresses require different post codes, ending in the digit '1', so, for example, a letter sent to a PO Box address in Andorra la Vella would require the post code '''AD501'''.
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