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{{Short description|Parish in eastern Andorra}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Canillo |image_skyline = Canillo. Andorra 12.jpg |image_caption = Plaça de Sant Serni and Carrer Major of Canillo. |image_flag = Flag of Canillo.svg |image_shield = Escut de Canillo.svg |shield_size = 80px |image_map = |mapsize = 100px |pushpin_map = Andorra |pushpin_image = Canillo in Andorra.svg |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Canillo town within Andorra |pushpin_mapsize = |map_caption = Position of Canillo parish in Andorra |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Parishes of Andorra|Parishes]] |subdivision_type2 = Villages |subdivision_name = [[Andorra]] |subdivision_name1 = Canillo |subdivision_name2 = Bordes d'Envalira, [[El Forn]], [[El Tarter]],<br /> [[El Vilar]], [[Els Plans]], [[Incles]], [[L'Aldosa, Canillo|L'Aldosa]], [[Meritxell]], [[Molleres]], [[Prats, Andorra|Prats]], [[Ransol]], [[Sant Pere, Canillo|Sant Pere]], [[Soldeu]] |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Enric Casadevall Medrano |leader_party = [[Liberal Party of Andorra|L'A]] |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 121 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_note = |population_total = 4826 |population_metro = |population_density_km2 = 42.12 |population_demonym = canillenc, canillenca |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|42|34|00|N|1|36|00|E|region:AD|display=inline,title}} |coor_pinpoint = Canillo town |elevation_m = 1526 |elevation_max_m = |elevation_min_m = |postal_code = AD100 |website = [http://www.vdc.ad Official Tourism Office of Canillo] |footnotes = }} '''Canillo''' ({{IPA|ca|kaˈniʎo}}) is one of the [[parishes of Andorra|seven parishes]] which make up [[Andorra]]. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. The parish is considered the religious center of Andorra with the Sanctuary and Chapel of [[Our Lady of Meritxell]], [[patron saint]] of Andorra, and contains one of the best-preserved [[romanesque architecture|romanesque]] churches in the Pyrenees, [[Sant Joan de Caselles]]. It has a population of 4,826 as of 2011. Despite having a tourist vocation, the parish of Canillo still retains many livestock and agricultural traits. It borders [[France]] to the north and east.
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