- Capital
- Andorra la Vella
- Continent
- Europe
- Flag adopted
- 1866(r1)
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Andorra
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewThe civilian tricolor was created in 1866. Blue, yellow, and red vertical stripes, the blue representing France. The coat of arms contains symbolism linked to the Catholic bishop of Urgell, the Count of Foix, the Principality of Catalonia, and the Viscounty of Béarn.
Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.
Colors and meaning
Symbolism and history(r1)
A blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor bears the national coat of arms at center; the arms carry the symbols of the bishop of Urgell, the Count of Foix, the Principality of Catalonia and the Viscounty of Béarn.
Most similar flags
The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.
- Chad94
the same vertical band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
- Romania93
the same vertical band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
- Moldova84
the same vertical band layout; near-identical colour proportions.
- Barbados75
the same vertical band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- France75
the same vertical band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- Belgium73
the same vertical band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.
References — not verification
(r1) Referenced to Flag of Andorra (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.
Further reading: Flag of Andorra on Wikipedia