An Island Shared Between France and Spain

[mspath]

Some of us who have hiked here may know that this island is shared but this new reportage explains how that came to be.

Europe's island that swaps nationalities

Pheasant Island, located between France and Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. But why?

www.bbc.com

 

[C clearly]

Thanks for this very interesting article!

 

[mspath]

Thanks for this very interesting article!

C clearly,
Glad that you read it. For info on the more recent controversial history of a shared French/Spanish frontier see this earlier post

 

[SabsP]

Some of us who have hiked here may know that this island is shared but this new reportage explains how that came to be.

Europe's island that swaps nationalities

Pheasant Island, located between France and Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. But why?

www.bbc.com

Aha merci @mspath . Glad you found this article. I read it a while ago in a belgian newspaper but did not write down the link.

 

[henrythedog]

Some of us who have hiked here may know that this island is shared but this new reportage explains how that came to be.

Europe's island that swaps nationalities

Pheasant Island, located between France and Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. But why?

www.bbc.com

Fascinating, thank you.

 

[Marbe2]

Informative Article.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Meanwhile, an entertaining story about what the Treaty of the Pyrenees did at the other end of the Pyrenees.

 

[chinacat]

C clearly,
Glad that you read it. For info on the more recent controversial history of a shared French/Spanish frontier see this earlier post.

I can’t get this link to work … it might just be me, though …

 

[Bradypus]

I can’t get this link to work … it might just be me, though …

Doesn't work for me either.

 

[Kathar1na]

Europe's island that swaps nationalities

Pheasant Island, located between France and Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. But why?

www.bbc.com

Fascinating, thank you for posting this, @mspath. I did not know that such a construct exists between two countries like Spain and France. Nor did I know that condominium has such a meaning and that there are a few other condominiums elsewhere.

 

[Former member 59618]

Thanks for sharing this. I'm going down the rabbit hole with this entire series! I particularly love this one:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220117-aranese-spains-little-known-language.

People/language/towns existing between borders fascinate me.

 

[chinacat]

Me too!

… also liked the one about the lawless land between Scotland and England.

 

[mspath]

I can’t get this link to work … it might just be me, though …

Sorry for the problem. Try this link

 

[mspath]

Doesn't work for me either.

Sorry for the problem. Try this link.

 

[josephmcclain]

Some of us who have hiked here may know that this island is shared but this new reportage explains how that came to be.

Europe's island that swaps nationalities

Pheasant Island, located between France and Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. But why?

www.bbc.com

Love this article. Thanks for posting. Had no idea!!

 

[Saint Mike II]

Hola @mspath Margaret - I never cease to be amazed at the range of your knowledge of the history of Southern France and Northern Spain. Thanks for sharing a most interesting subject.

 

[henrythedog]

Me too!

… also liked the one about the lawless land between Scotland and England.

It still is!

 

[chinacat]

Sorry for the problem. Try this link

Yes, I remember this thread now.
Thank you @mspath .

 

[chinacat]

Thanks for sharing this. I'm going down the rabbit hole with this entire series! I particularly love this one:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220117-aranese-spains-little-known-language.

People/language/towns existing between borders fascinate me.

I’m now signed up to this!

 

[mspath]

Watch this BBC video published 14/11/2022 re the island in the Bidosa river between Hendaye, France and Irun, Spain which changes nationality every six months. You can see it from the international bridge but it is rarely visited.

The island that switches nationality every six months

Pheasant Island is Spanish for six months and French for the rest of the year. How did this happen?

www.bbc.com