A Andorraterritorial conflicts between parishes go back centuries and, as they are usually never completely resolved, suddenly reappear after decades of oblivion.
The most recent origin of the territorial boundary disputes that faces Encamp with the Massana, Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany is located the 1974. In that year, two road trips were held to review the boundary crosses – that is to say, the points that mark the parish borders. The first established the delimitation between Encamp i Massana in the area that goes from bony de les Neres on the peak of Padern. The second checked on the ground (in this case we are talking about the area between the peak of Padern and the headquarters of FAITH) the exact location of the landmarks that separate them Encamp and the parish ofAndorra Then, it must be remembered, it was still four years before the creation ofScalds.
It might seem that the surroundings of the 1974 they had resolved the conflict. Nothing could be further from the truth. The discrepancies reopened a few years ago, when the common of Encamp vto find some crosses engraved on the rock near the peak of Padern which, according to his interpretation, delimit the term with Escaldes and Massana. And therefore also with Andorra la Vellasince the division of the non-urban lands of the old parish ofAndorra. La Massanathe capital and Scalds consider that the conclusions of the suburbs of 1974 they are definitive.
Area claimed by Encamp.
Following the discovery, the common of Encamp vto bring the facts to the Batllia in the summer of 2022 so that it was justice that resolved the disputes. The encampada corporation also bases its territorial claims on an arbitration ruling of 1474that is, in an agreement between conflicting parties based on the principle of equity, as well as in two areas of the 1706 i 1725among other historical documents. The other parishes, on the other hand, insist that the limits currently in force must be maintained, that is, those set in the vicinity of the 1974
Area claimed by Encamp.
What exactly does Encamp claim? First, the common headed by Laura Mas considers to be the owner of 56,134 square meters of the upper part of the Padern peak. This is land that is currently part of the undivided area of Andorra la Vella and Escaldes. Secondly, it requests that 470,259 more square meters of a former emporium be included in its termEncamp on the terrain of the Massana. That is to say, of a Massanense communal property of which the Encampadas had had the right to take advantage of rustic goods such as pastures, forests and water. Finally, he maintains that he has the right to use it 2,320,889 square meters located at north of Padern peak i part of the Massana area.
acknowledgments
The judicial process opened in 2022 not yet closed. This week, however, a step forward has been taken in the resolution of the lawsuit with the judicial acknowledgments in situ. The legal formula of judicial recognition, regulated by thearticle 223 of the Civil Procedure Codeallows the court to examine on its own places, objects or people with theobjective of clarifying the facts that are the subject of the process.
Apart from the judicial entourage, with the batlle at the head, consuls from the four parishes and technicians with specialized profiles such as experts in cadastre, topographers and historians. In yesterday’s recognition, the crosses that delimit the terms ofEncamp with the singular ofAndorra la Vella i Scalds in the era Google Mapsthe borders, a Andorra, they are still fixed by old crosses carved into the rock and forgotten documents at the bottom of an archive.
