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The area has a history of vulnerability to winter avalanches: one such in 1895 killed 12 (nearly 10% of the commune's population at the time), and much destruction was also caused in 1906 and 1929.[3][4] Avalanches have from time to time blocked the N20, the main road through the commune, the most recent case being in 2008.[5]
Transport
The Andorre-L'Hospitalet station – served by TER Occitanie regional trains between Toulouse and Latour-de-Carol and the overnight Intercités de nuit service between Paris and Latour-de-Carol – is an important international transport node for the nearby principality of Andorra, to which the station is connected by a bus link.
Local government
The village has a Mairie from which local government is organised. There is an elected mayor. The office is currently held by Arnaud Diaz.
Interior of the parish church at L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre.
Community facilities
There is a hotel in the village centre, the Hôtel du Puymorens, which has both a bar and a restaurant open to non-residents, and available to local residents. There is also a small guest house in the main street, operated as part of the French Gîtes system, with a small shop for essential supplies. There are few businesses trading in the village, although there is a small engineering company. There is a primary school, whose buildings include a residential youth centre for visiting groups. A school bus visits L'Hospitalet daily to transport older children to secondary school.
Religion
Roman Catholicism is the only organised religion in the community. There is a parish church, with churchyard, in the main street. Although the village has no resident priest, services are held regularly.
^Risques avalanches "Archived copy"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 November 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). (in French)
^Notice sur les avalanches constatées et leur environnement, [1][permanent dead link](in French)
^L'Hospitalet. La RN 20 coupée à cause d'une avalanche, 17 Dec 2008. [2]. (in French)
