Andorra 2 Euro 2019 World Cup Alpine Skiing Final

Andorra 2 Euro 2019 World Cup Alpine Skiing Final.

The ski resort of Andorra Grandvalira (Grandvalira) was chosen as the venue for the finals of the Alpine Ski World Championships. This decision was made following a vote at the Congress of the International Ski Federation FIS (Fédération Internationale de Ski) in Zurich. FIS is the organizer of the World Cup. Among the alternative places for the championship were considered ski resorts in the Swiss city of Lenzerheide and French Meribel. On the slopes of Grandvalira, this competition was held for the first time. Competitions were held in such disciplines as slalom, giant slalom, supergiant and downhill.

Obverse: a skier is depicted, which is rapidly descending down the mountain. In the background is the event logo and beautiful large snowflakes. The inscription - "FINALS DE LA COPA DEL MON D`ESQUI ANDORRA 2019". In the circle of the outer ring are 12 stars of the European Union.

Reverse: Expanded map of the European Union countries, a variant of sample 2007, 12 stars (according to the initial number of eurozone countries) and 6 parallel lines - a symbol of stability. The coin value is “2 EURO”.

Release Date: 03/11/2019

Andorra, the full official form The Principality of Andorra is one of the dwarfs of Europe, landlocked, located in the eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain, and associated with them. The name of the country comes from Basque. andurrial - "wasteland".

The Pyrenees is a mountain system in France, Spain and Andorra, between the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length - 450 km, height - up to 3404 m (Aneto peak). Limestones and karst are developed in the west; in the center - predominantly crystalline rocks, alpine landforms, glaciers; in the east, the ranges decrease, alternating with intermountain depressions. In the lower parts of the slopes there are thickets of Mediterranean shrubs, forests dominate up to 1800-2100 m, and shrubs and meadows dominate above. Deposits of bauxite, iron ore.

The Pyrenees - an important climate (to the north of the Pyrenees - a territory with a temperate climate, to the south - with a subtropical).

This is one of the most inaccessible mountain systems in Europe: they have only a few conveniently located passes. All passes are at an altitude of 1500-2000 m. Therefore, only four railways go from Spain to France: two of them bypass the Pyrenees along the coast from the north-west and south-east, and two more railways cross the Pyrenees at the Aerba-Oloron sections. Sainte-Marie and Ripoll - Prades, through a system of tunnels.

The name of the Pyrenees comes from the name of the heroine of ancient mythology - Pyrene, which was torn to pieces by beasts and buried in the Pyrenees.