Place:La Massana, Andorra

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NameLa Massana
Alt namesLa Massana parishsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeParish (political)
Located inAndorra
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Inhabited place
La Massana
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La Massana (; originally La Maçana) is one of the seven parishes of the Principality of Andorra. It is located in the northwest of the country. La Massana is also the name of the main town of the parish. The name Massana derives from the Latin name mattianam for a variety of apple.[1] Other settlements in the parish are Pal, Arinsal, Erts, Sispony, Anyós, L'Aldosa de la Massana, Puiol del Pui, Escàs, Els Plans, Mas de Ribafeta, Xixerella and Pui.

The parish is extremely mountainous and contains the highest mountain in Andorra, Coma Pedrosa. Its western side limits with Tor, Pallars municipal term, in the border with Spain.

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