Lídia Armengol i Vila

Lídia Armengol i Vila (13 September 1948 – 26 November 1991) was an Andorran historian and civil servant who championed the restoration of her country's historic language and culture.

Government service According to writer Antoni Pol, "Her contribution has been twofold, in two dimensions, politics and culture." The program became the basis of the country's public school system which, in turn, led to widespread cultural awareness.

Death Lídia Armengol died at the Hospital Nostra Senyora de Meritxell in Andorra la Vella on 26 November 1991 The Government of Andorra, through the Ministry of Culture, offers the Lídia Armengol Vila grant, each year, which is intended to promote linguistic or sociolinguistic studies based on the Catalan language of Andorra. Her portrait appeared on an Andorran stamp valued at 1.20 euros.

Selected publications According to WorldCat in 2020, Armengol has 15 works in 56 publications in 4 languages in library holding around the world.

1978 Andorra ... some time ago: (1st and 2nd series). Prades: Terra Nostra 1978 Materials for a bibliography of Andorra. [Andorra]: Institut d'Estudis Andorrans. Center of Perpignan 1980 The General Council (1682-1979): chronological collection of the Andorran patricians. With Manuel Mas and Antoni Morell 1983 Approach to the history of Andorra. Andorra: Institut d'Estudis Andorrans. Center of Perpignan 1985 A sample of our historical legacy: 600 institutional, economic and social events 1987 The parish of Ordino in the 19th century: a demographic-historical study. [Andorra]: Institut d'Estudis Andorrans. Center of Perpignan 1988 Social behaviors and collective mentalities: the Andorran ecclesiastical legacies of the 19th century. Andorra: Consell General