Sant Julià de Lòria

**Sant Julià de Lòria** is one of the parishes of Andorra.  It is the most southern parish of the country. Sant Julià de Lòria is also the name of the main town of the parish.  The University of Andorra is in the parish.

## Geography

The parish has an altitude of ; the town of Sant Julià de Lòria is at  high, the lowest settlement in Andorra. The Valira river (or _Gran Valira_), the biggest river in the country, flows through the parish.

Sant Julià de Lòria borders with the Andorra la Vella parish to the north, with the Escaldes-Engordany parish to the northeast and with Spain to the east, south and west.

The highest mountain in the parish is _Pic Negre Norte_ () with an elevation of  above sea level; it is on the border with the Escaldes-Engordany parish.

## Population

The parish had a population, in 2015 of 9,379 inhabitants, for a population density of  persons/km².

**Evolution of the population in Sant Julià de Lòria**

## Villages

There are other villages and hamlets besides the main town of Sant Julià de Lòria in the parish:

|No.|Town|Population <small>(2015)</small> !! Altitude <small>(m)</small> !! Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Aixirivall|851|1,148|Old names: Xirovall, Anxirivall. It is on the left side of the Valira river.|
|2|Aixovall|94|1,160|Old names: Xovall, Eixovall. It is on the right side of the Valira river, at the confluence with the Aós river (_Riu d'Os_).|
|3|Auvinyà|216|1,176|Other name: Aubinyà. It is on the left side of the Valira river.|
|4|Bixessarri|47|1,180|Other name: Vixissarri. It is on the left side of the Aós (or Bixessarri) river.|
|5|Certés|74|1,315|Other name: Serters. It is on the right side of the Serters river, a left tributary of the Valira river.|
|6|Fontaneda|110||It is along the Fontaneda river, a right tributary of the Valira river.|
|7|Juberri|196|1,281|Other name: Juverri. It is on the left side of the Valira river.|
|8|Llumeneres|3|1,176|It is on the left side of the Llumeneres river, a left tributary of the Valira river.|
|9|Nagol|59|1,176|Old name: Nagual. It is on the right side of the Serters (or Certers) river, a left tributary of the Valira river.|
|10|**Sant Julià de Lòria**|7,729|908|The capital of the parish.|

## Sites of interest

- **Església de Sant Serni de Nagol**  is a church built in the 11th century.
- **Església de Sant Miquel de Fontaneda** is a church in Fontaneda, built in the 11-12th century.
- **Santuari de la Mar de Déu de Canòlic** ("Mother of God of Canòlic Sanctuary"); the Mother of God of Canòlic is the patron saint of the Sant Julià de Lòria parish.
- **La Rabassa**, a cross-country skiing station; here there is also a park, _Naturlandia_.
- **Museu del Tabac** ("Tobacco Museum"), an old tobacco factory that is now a museum.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Sant Julià de Lòria
- **settlement type**: Parishes of Andorra, Parish
- **image skyline**: Street in Andorra.jpg
- **image alt**: A street in Sant Julià de Lòria
- **image caption**: A street in Sant Julià de Lòria
- **image flag**: Hypothetical flag of San Julián de Loria.svg
- **image shield**: Escut de Sant Julià de Lòria.svg
- **shield size**: 80px
- **image map**: Sant Julia de Loria in Andorra.svg
- **mapsize**: 270px
- **map alt**: Sant Julià de Lòria parish in Andorra
- **map caption**: Sant Julià de Lòria parish, in red, in Andorra
- **pushpin map narrow**: yes
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: Andorra
- **parts type**: Villages
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: #Villages, See list
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Sant Julià de Lòria
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Josep Miquel Vila Bastida
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 61
- **elevation m**: 908
- **population total**: 9379
- **population as of**: 2015
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: lauredià, laurediana
- **timezone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **timezone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: AD600
- **iso code**: AD-06
- **website**: [http://www.comusantjulia.ad/ Official website]