Cross-border town naming
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Cross-border town naming occurs where town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

s or village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

s with the same or equivalent names are divided between two different countries. This does not necessarily imply that those towns or villages are located in geographic proximity, or that they are located near a current border (for that, see Divided cities
Divided cities
A divided city is one which, as a consequence of political changes or border shifts, presently constitutes two separate entities. Listed are the localities and the state they belonged to at the time of division...

). Reasons for this taking place may include the following :
  • The town or village existed before the border, or even before the modern concept of a border. The border was added later (not always due to war), and divided a community.
  • A community on one side of a border grows up to service the border, and takes the name of the adjacent community on the other side of the border.
  • Communities grow up on both sides of the border, to service the border, and take the name of the border crossing.


Most of these places are located in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, while there are also some examples in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. In Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, until at the first half of the 20th century, and again in the post-Schengen
Schengen Agreement
The Schengen Agreement is a treaty signed on 14 June 1985 near the town of Schengen in Luxembourg, between five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community. It was supplemented by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement 5 years later...

 21st century, such divisions could be mostly ignored by the inhabitants.

Examples

Note that this list includes only places with similar names that are in someway connected (by history, geography or otherwise) across modern-day international borders. Towns that have the same name but bear no relationship to each other are also very common, but not particularly notable.

Denmark/Germany

  • Pebermark / Neupepersmark
  • Rosenkrans / Rosenkranz

Netherlands/Germany

  • Rhederbrug, Rhederveld / Rhede
    Rhede, Lower Saxony
    Rhede is a municipality in the Emsland district, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km west of Papenburg, and 20 km southeast of Winschoten....

  • Barnflair
    Barnflair
    Barnflair is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 15 km northeast of Emmen....

     (Ter Apel) / Barnfleer
  • Veenebrugge / Vennebrügge
  • Zwillbroek / Zwillbrock
  • Ubach over Worms
    Ubach over Worms
    Ubach over Worms is a former municipality located in the southeast of the Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 1982 it was incorporated into the new municipality of Landgraaf along with Schaesberg and Nieuwenhagen. The German name for this part of Landgraaf is "Waubach"...

     / Übach-Palenberg
    Übach-Palenberg
    Übach-Palenberg is a town in the Heinsberg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. -Geography:The town is located at the border with the Netherlands, at approx. 10 km east of Heerlen and 15 km north of Aachen. The river Wurm flows through the area. The town has an area of...

  • Spijk
    Spijk (Rijnwaarden)
    Spijk is a small town in the Dutch municipality of Rijnwaarden.Spijk is situated at the border with Germany. Spijk is famous in The Netherlands because the Rhine crosses the border there as Boven-Rijn ....

     / Spyck

Netherlands/Belgium

  • Baarle-Nassau
    Baarle-Nassau
    Baarle-Nassau is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, located in North Brabant province. As of 2007 its population was of 6,668.-The border with Baarle-Hertog:...

     / Baarle-Hertog
    Baarle-Hertog
    Baarle-Hertog is a municipality belonging to the Belgian province of Antwerp, but for the biggest part located in the Netherlands province of North Brabant. The municipality only comprises the town of Baarle-Hertog proper. On January 1, 2006 Baarle-Hertog had a total population of 2,306...

  • Clinge
    Clinge
    Clinge is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 28 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom. Clinge is located on the Dutch-Belgian border and joins with the Belgian town of De Klinge, in the Belgian municipality of Sint-Gillis-Waas. This...

     / De Klinge
    De Klinge
    De Klinge , a Belgian town and part of the municipality of Sint-Gillis-Waas in the province of Oost-Vlaanderen , is located on the border with the Netherlands province of Zeeland and within the non-administrative region known as the Waasland or the Land van Waas...

  • Koewacht
    Koewacht
    Koewacht is a village on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. It is located in Zeelandic Flanders, a part of the province of Zeeland and part of the municipality of Terneuzen.The village consists of two parts; a Dutch and a Belgian part...

     / Koewacht
    Koewacht
    Koewacht is a village on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. It is located in Zeelandic Flanders, a part of the province of Zeeland and part of the municipality of Terneuzen.The village consists of two parts; a Dutch and a Belgian part...

  • Putte
    Putte (Netherlands)
    Putte is part of the Dutch municipality of Woensdrecht, and had 3751inhabitants as of 1 January 2008. The village lies on and extends over the border between The Netherlands and Belgium, the Belgian part being Putte ....

     / Putte
    Putte (Kapellen)
    Putte is a village on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. The Dutch part, Putte , is in the province of North-Brabant whereas the Belgian part is in the province of Antwerp....


Belgium/Germany

  • Lichtenbusch / Aachen-Lichtenbusch
    Aachen
    Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

  • Stubach / Stupbach

Luxembourg/Germany

  • Obereisenbach, Untereisenbach
    Untereisenbach
    Untereisenbach is a village in the commune of Hosingen, in northern Luxembourg. , the village has a population of 217....

     / Übereisenbach
    Übereisenbach
    Übereisenbach is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.- Geographical location:Übereisenbach is above the Our, across from the Luxembourg Untereisenbach.- History :...

  • Wallendorf-Pont
    Wallendorf-Pont
    Wallendorf-Pont is a village in the commune of Reisdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 83.It is located on the Sauer river, on the border with Germany. It is connected to the German town of Wallendorf by a bridge....

     / Wallendorf
    Wallendorf
    Wallendorf is a municipality in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the Sauer river. It was first mentioned in an old document from 1136 as "Vualcheresdorf". Wallendorf has 388 inhabitants. It is located on the German side of a bridge connecting it to the Luxembourgish town of...

  • Bollendorf-Pont
    Bollendorf-Pont
    Bollendorf-Pont is a village in the commune of Berdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. , the village has a population 165. It lies opposite the German town of Bollendorf....

     / Bollendorf
    Bollendorf
    Bollendorf is a German municipality in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, located on the left bank of the Sauer river, opposite the Luxembourgish town of Bollendorf-Pont. Bollendorf has 1,618 inhabitants. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Irrel, district Bitburg-Prüm.- References :...

  • Echternach
    Echternach
    Echternach is a commune with city status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in Luxembourg....

     / Echternacherbrück
    Echternacherbrück
    Echternacherbrück is a German municipality located on the Sauer river opposite the Luxembourgish town of Echternach. It is part of the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate....

  • Wasserbillig
    Wasserbillig
    Wasserbillig is a town in the commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. , Wasserbillig has 2,186 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in Mertert. It lies at the confluence of the rivers Moselle and Sauer, which form the border with Germany at the town...

     / Wasserbilligerbrück
    Wasserbilligerbrück
    Wasserbilligerbrück is a small German village belonging to the Ortsgemeinde Langsur. It is located on the bridge connecting it to the Luxembourgish town of Wasserbillig....


Belgium/France

  • Comines-Warneton
    Comines-Warneton
    Comines-Warneton is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Comines-Warneton had a total population of 17,562. The total area is 61.09 km² which gives a population density of 287 inhabitants per km². The name "Comines" is believed to have a...

     / Comines
  • Wervik
    Wervik
    Wervik is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Wervik and the town of Geluwe. On January 1, 2006 Wervik had a total population of 17,607. The total area is 43.61 km² which gives a population density of 404 inhabitants per km²....

     / Wervicq-Sud
    Wervicq-Sud
    Wervicq-Sud is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Wervicq-Sud is one of the oldest villages.The town is separated from its Belgian sister town of Wervik by the Lys River.Located 15 km north of Lille and 20 km south of Ypres....

  • Quiévrain
    Quiévrain
    Quiévrain is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 6,559 inhabitants. The total area is 21.22 km², giving a population density of 309 inhabitants per km²....

     / Quiévrechain
    Quiévrechain
    -References:*...

  • Goegnies-Chaussée
    Goegnies-Chaussée
    Goegnies-Chaussée is a village in the Belgian province of Hainaut. It is part of the municipality of Quévy. The border between Belgium and France runs right through the village, separating the Belgian Goegnies-Chaussée from the French Gognies-Chaussée....

     / Gognies-Chaussée
    Gognies-Chaussée
    Gognies-Chaussée is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-Heraldry:The Belgian border runs right through the village.-References:*...

  • Grand-Reng
    Grand-Reng
    Grand-Reng is a small village located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, on the border with France. It is part of the municipality of Erquelinnes and is located on the main road from Mons to Beaumont. Its French neighbour is called Vieux-Reng....

     / Vieux-Reng
    Vieux-Reng
    -References:*...


France/Germany

  • Leiding
    Heining-lès-Bouzonville
    Heining-lès-Bouzonville is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Moselle department...

     / Leidingen
    Wallerfangen
    Wallerfangen is a municipality of Saarlouis district, Saarland, Germany. Located west of Saarlouis and along the French border, it is the seat of the villages of Ittersdorf, Ihn, Leidingen, St. Barbara, Kerlingen, Gisingen, Rammelfangen, Oberlimberg, Bedersdorf, and Düren...

  • Petite-Rosselle
    Petite-Rosselle
    Petite-Rosselle is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It has 6,785 inhabitants. It borders the German town of Großrosseln....

     / Großrosseln
    Großrosseln
    Großrosseln is a village and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the border with France, approx. 12 km west of Saarbrücken. The neighbouring municipality in France is Petite-Rosselle.-Geography:...

  • Grosbliederstroff
    Grosbliederstroff
    Grosbliederstroff is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It borders the German towns of Saarbrücken and Kleinblittersdorf....

     / Kleinblittersdorf
    Kleinblittersdorf
    Kleinblittersdorf is a village and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, opposite Grosbliederstroff in France, approx. 10 km south of Saarbrücken....

  • Obergailbach
    Obergailbach
    Obergailbach is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.Located on the border with Germany, it is adjacent to the German village of Niedergailbach.-External links:**...

     / Niedergailbach
    Niedergailbach
    Niedergailbach is a small village in the German state of Saarland. In 2000 it had 581 inhabitants. Located on the border with France, it is adjacent to the French village of Obergailbach.-External links:* http://www.niedergailbach.com/index2.htm...

  • Scheibenhard
    Scheibenhard
    Scheibenhard is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It lies on the German border, continuous with the German village of Scheibenhardt, separated only by a small creek, the Lauter....

     / Scheibenhardt
    Scheibenhardt
    Scheibenhardt is a German municipality located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 2004 it had 714 inhabitants. Located on the French border, it is continuous with the French village of Scheibenhard, separated only by a small creek called the Lauter....

  • Lauterbourg
    Lauterbourg
    Lauterbourg is a commune and Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Situated on the German border and not far from the German city of Karlsruhe, it is the easternmost commune in Metropolitan France...

     / Neulauterburg
    Neulauterburg
    Neulauterburg is a small village in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is located on the border with France and is continuous with the French town of Lauterbourg. It is part of the municipality Berg....

  • Neuf-Brisach
    Neuf-Brisach
    Neuf-Brisach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The town's name means New Breisach, referring to the German town Breisach, located on the other side of the Rhine....

     / Breisach
    Breisach
    Breisach is a town with approximately 16,500 inhabitants, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about halfway between Freiburg and Colmar — 20 kilometres away from each — and about 60 kilometres north of Basel near the...

  • Kembs
    Kembs
    Kembs is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

     / Klein Kembs

France/Switzerland

  • Huningue
    Huningue
    Huningue is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace in north-eastern France. Huningue is a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel. It also borders Germany . In 2008 it had a population of 6503 people...

     / Kleinhüningen
  • Lucelle
    Lucelle
    Lucelle is a village situated on the Franco-Swiss border. It is divided between the two countries, the northern half being part of the commune of Lucelle, Haut-Rhin, in the Haut-Rhin département, the southern half being part of Pleigne, in the Swiss Canton of Jura.An important Cistercian...

     / Lucelle
    Lucelle
    Lucelle is a village situated on the Franco-Swiss border. It is divided between the two countries, the northern half being part of the commune of Lucelle, Haut-Rhin, in the Haut-Rhin département, the southern half being part of Pleigne, in the Swiss Canton of Jura.An important Cistercian...

    , Kleinlützel
    Kleinlützel
    Kleinlützel is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is an exclave of the Canton of Solothurn, enclaved in the Canton of Basel-Country and Alsace.-History:...

  • Saint-Gingolph
    Saint-Gingolph
    Saint-Gingolph is a small town situated on the south bank of Lake Geneva . It sits at the Franco-Swiss frontier, and is administratively divided into Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland and Saint-Gingolph, Haute-Savoie . Its name is derived from the eighth century saint Gangulphus, who is said to have...

     / Saint-Gingolph
    Saint-Gingolph
    Saint-Gingolph is a small town situated on the south bank of Lake Geneva . It sits at the Franco-Swiss frontier, and is administratively divided into Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland and Saint-Gingolph, Haute-Savoie . Its name is derived from the eighth century saint Gangulphus, who is said to have...


France/United Kingdom

  • Sangatte
    Sangatte
    Sangatte is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department on the northern coast of France on the English Channel.Like many place names in French Flanders, the name is of Flemish origin and means "gap in the sand".-Engineering:...

     / Sandgate
    Sandgate
    Sandgate can be:*Sandgate, Kent*Sandgate Castle*Sandgate, Queensland*Sandgate, New South Wales, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales*Sandgate, Vermont*Electoral district of Sandgate, Queensland, Australia...

  • Dunkerque / Dunkirk
    Dunkirk, Kent
    Dunkirk is a village and civil parish between Faversham and Canterbury in southeast England.-Toponymy:The origin of the village's name is still not very clear, but it is understood to come from a house called "Dunkirk", lived in by a Fleming from Dunkerque on the border between France and...

  • Saint-Léonard
    Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais
    Saint-Léonard is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Saint-Léonard is a farming and light industrial town, situated some south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 and D940 roads...

     / St Leonards-on-Sea
    St Leonards-on-Sea
    St Leonards-on-Sea is part of Hastings, East Sussex, England, lying immediately to the west of the centre. The original part of the settlement was laid out in the early 19th century as a new town: a place of elegant houses designed for the well-off; it also included a central public garden, a...


Germany/Switzerland

  • Rheinfelden
    Rheinfelden, Germany
    Rheinfelden is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel...

     / Rheinfelden
    Rheinfelden
    Rheinfelden is a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden. It is located 15 kilometres east of Basel. The name means the fields of the Rhine, as the town is located on the Hochrhein. It is home to Feldschlösschen, the most popular beer in...

  • Laufenburg
    Laufenburg, Germany
    Laufenburg is a small city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, part of the Waldshut district. It has approximately 4300 inhabitants . Laufenburg is separated from a Swiss city with the same name by the river Rhine....

     / Laufenburg
    Laufenburg, Switzerland
    Laufenburg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the seat of the district of the same name. On 1 January 2010 the municipality Sulz merged into Laufenburg....

  • Reckingen / Rekingen
    Rekingen
    Rekingen is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:In 1956 an excavation discovered the remains of a Roman era estate . Another excavation discovered Alamanni graves to the north of the train station...


Germany/Poland

  • Altwarp
    Altwarp
    Altwarp is a municipality located in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, on the border with Poland. It has about 600 inhabitants and is located on the Bay of Neuwarp opposite the Polish town of Nowe Warpno .-References:...

     / Nowe Warpno
    Nowe Warpno
    Nowe Warpno is a town in northwestern Poland, in Police County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of the Szczecin Lagoon, very close to the border with Germany. It is the seat of the urban-rural gmina called Gmina Nowe Warpno.The town's population is 1,170...

  • Rosow / Rosówek
    Rosówek
    Rosówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kołbaskowo, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Police and south-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

  • Hohenwutzen
    Hohenwutzen
    Hohenwutzen is a small village in the German province of Brandenburg, located on the Oder river. Since 2003, Hohenwutzen is part of Bad Freienwalde....

     / Osinów Dolny
    Osinów Dolny
    Osinów Dolny is Poland's westernmost settlement, in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the border with Germany...

     (Niederwutzen)*
  • Zäckericker Loose / Siekierki
    Siekierki
    Siekierki is a neighborhood in the Mokotów district of Warsaw, Poland.There is an PowerPlant Siekierki....

     (Zäckerick)*
  • Güstebieser Loose / Gozdowice
    Gozdowice
    Gozdowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

     (Güstebiese)*
  • Altrüdnitzer Ausbau / Stara Rudnica
    Stara Rudnica
    Stara Rudnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

     (Altrüdnitz)*
  • Neulietzegöricke / Stare Lysogorski (Altlietzegöricke)*
  • Zelliner Loose / Czelin
    Czelin
    Czelin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

     (Zellin)*
  • Küstrin-Kietz
    Küstrin-Kietz
    Küstrin-Kietz is a small village located in the German state of Brandenburg, at the Oder river and the border with Poland. Since 1998 it is part of the Küstriner Vorland municipality.-Overview:...

     / Kostrzyn nad Odrą
    Kostrzyn nad Odra
    Kostrzyn nad Odrą is a town in western Poland, at the confluence of the Oder and Warta rivers, on the border with Germany. Located in the Lubusz Voivodeship, in Gorzów County, it had 19,952 inhabitants as of 2007.- History :...

     (Küstrin)*
  • Lebus
    Lebus
    Lebus is a town in the southeast of the Märkisch-Oderland District in Brandenburg, Germany. It had a population of 3,375 as of 2005. It was the center of the historical region known as Lubusz Land.-Location:...

     / Nowy Lubusz
    Nowy Lubusz
    Nowy Lubusz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słubice, within Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border....

     (Neulebus)*
  • Kunitzer Loose / Kunice (Kunitz)*
  • Aurith / Urad
    Urad, Poland
    Urad is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cybinka, within Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border...

     (Aurith)*
  • Guben
    Guben
    Guben is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 20,049...

     / Gubin
  • Zelz / Siedlec
    Siedlec
    Siedlec may refer to the following places in Poland:*Siedlec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Siedlec, Łęczyca County in Łódź Voivodeship *Siedlec, Pajęczno County in Łódź Voivodeship...

     (Zelz)*
  • Klein Priebus
    Klein Priebus
    Klein Priebus is a small German village located in the Free State of Saxony. It is part of the municipality Krauschwitz. Before World War II the village was located in the Province of Lower Silesia. The town is located opposite the Polish town of Przewóz....

     / Przewóz
    Przewóz
    Przewóz is a village in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse river, which marks the border with Germany. Przewóz is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Przewóz. It lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra.The village has...

     (Priebus)*
  • Görlitz
    Görlitz
    Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...

     / Zgorzelec
    Zgorzelec
    Zgorzelec is a town in south-western Poland with 33,278 inhabitants . It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship . It is the seat of Zgorzelec County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Zgorzelec...

  • Altlandsberg
    Altlandsberg
    Altlandsberg is a historic town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated about east of Berlin.-History:Altlandsberg was first mentioned in a 1230 deed, it was located at the site of a former Slavic settlement...

     / Gorzów
    Gorzów
    Gorzów may refer to the following places in Poland:*Gorzów Wielkopolski, a city in Lubusz Voivodeship *Gorzów Śląski, a town in Opole Voivodeship *Gorzów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

     ((Neu))Landsberg)*
  • Altentreptow
    Altentreptow
    Altentreptow is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Tollense, 15 km north of Neubrandenburg. Until 1939 the city's name was Treptow an der Tollense....

     / Trzebiatów
    Trzebiatów
    Trzebiatów is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. As of June 2007, it has 10,196 inhabitants.It was in Pomerania, Germany until 1945.Trzebiatów's Day of the Cereal is a celebration during the first week of August...

     (Treptow)*


(*) In some cases there have been added exonyms to show the relationship between the towns more clearly for people not familiar with the respective languages.

Germany/Czech Republic

  • Seifhennersdorf
    Seifhennersdorf
    Seifhennersdorf is a town in the district Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Czech Republic, and the Czech towns of Rumburk and Varnsdorf lie across the border to the north-east and south of town....

     / Horní Jindřichův (Oberhennersdorf)*
  • Zinnwald / Cínovec (Zinnwald)*
  • Deutschgeorgenthal / Český Jiřetín
    Český Jiřetín
    Český Jiřetín is a village and municipality in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The village is split across the Czech-German border - the German side is called Deutchgeorgenthal...

     (Georgendorf)*
  • Deutscheinsiedel
    Deutscheinsiedel
    Deutscheinsiedel is a village in the Saxon municipality of Deutschneudorf in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in East Germany.Deutscheinsiedel is a village in the Saxon municipality of Deutschneudorf in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in East Germany....

     / Mníšek (Böhmisch Einsiedel)*
  • Deutschneudorf
    Deutschneudorf
    Deutschneudorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.Deutschneudorf is also the site of a recent dig in search of Nazi gold. This site, an abandoned copper mine in the Ore mountains, was identified by radar scans as having a large amount of dense metal...

     / Nová Ves v Horách
    Nová Ves v Horách
    Nová Ves v Horách is a village and municipality in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 465 ....

     (Gebirgsneudorf)*
  • Deutschkatharinenberg / Hora Svaté Kateřiny
    Hora Svaté Kateřiny
    Hora Svaté Kateřiny is a town in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The town covers an area of , and has a population of 402 ....

     (Böhmisch Katherinenberg)*
  • Hammerunterwiesenthal / České Hamry (Böhmisch Hammer)*
  • Oberwiesenthal
    Oberwiesenthal
    Oberwiesenthal is a town and a ski resort in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. It is situated in the Erzgebirge mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 19 km south of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 23 km northeast of Karlovy Vary. At , it is the highest town in Germany...

     / Loučna (Böhmisch Wiesenthal)*
  • Neualbenreuth
    Neualbenreuth
    Neualbenreuth is a municipality in the district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria, Germany....

     / Mýtina (Altalbenreuth)*
  • Bayerisch Eisenstein
    Bayerisch Eisenstein
    Bayerisch Eisenstein is a village and a municipality in the Regen district, in Bavaria, Germany.-Geography:Bayerisch Eisenstein is part of Bayerischer Wald and borders the first German national park established in 1968. The town is both winter and summer resort. In the summer walking in the...

     / Železná Ruda
    Železná Ruda
    Železná Ruda is a town in the Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Šumava Mountains, close to the border with Bavaria and the German town Bayerisch Eisenstein. It has been one of the important sports and touristic centres of the Šumava Mountains...

     (Markt Eisenstein)*


(*) In some cases there have been added exonyms to show the relationship between the towns more clearly for people not familiar with the respective languages.

Czech Republic/Poland

  • Pelhřimovy / Pielgrzymów
  • Opavice / Opawica
    Opawica
    Opawica or Troplowice is a village located in Poland, in the Opole Voivodeship, Głubczyce County and Gmina Głubczyce, near the border with the Czech Republic....

  • Krásné Loučky / Krasne Pole
    Krasne Pole
    Krasne Pole is a village located in Poland, in the Opole Voivodeship, Głubczyce County and Gmina Głubczyce, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is approximately south-west of Głubczyce and south of the regional capital Opole....

  • Chomýž
    Chomýž
    Chomýž is a village and municipality in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 360 ....

     / Chomiąż
  • Český Těšín
    Ceský Tešín
    Český Těšín is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Těšín . It lies on the west bank of the Olza River, in the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...

     (Czeski Cieszyn)* / Cieszyn
    Cieszyn
    Cieszyn is a border-town and the seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has 36,109 inhabitants . Cieszyn lies on the Olza River, a tributary of the Oder river, opposite Český Těšín....

  • Horní Líštná
    Horní Lištná
    is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec in 1960...

     / Leszna Górna
    Leszna Górna
    is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic. It has a population of 576 . It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....



(*) In some cases there have been added exonyms to show the relationship between the towns more clearly for people not familiar with the respective languages.

Austria/Slovenia

  • Bad Radkersburg
    Bad Radkersburg
    Bad Radkersburg is a city in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria and capital of the district of Radkersburg. It is located at an elevation of 208 m and covers an area of 2.17 km². Its population amounts to about 1,940 people...

     / Gornja Radgona
    Gornja Radgona
    Gornja Radgona is one of the municipalities and a town in Slovenia. Once it was a defensive stronghold for today's regional centre and its twin city, Bad Radkersburg, on the other side of the river Mura in Austria. The towns were split in 1919 when the state of Styria was divided between Austria...

  • Deutschfeistritz
    Deutschfeistritz
    Deutschfeistritz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in Styria, Austria.-Notable inhabitants:*Vincenz Liechtenstein, Austrian politician, died unexpectedly on 14 January 2008 at his house in Deutschfeistritz....

     / Slovenska Bistrica
    Slovenska Bistrica
    Slovenska Bistrica is a town and a municipality south of Maribor in eastern Slovenia. It is one of the largest municipalities in Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Drava statistical region. The town was established in the...

     (Windischfeistritz)*
  • Graz
    Graz
    The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

     / Slovenj Gradec
    Slovenj Gradec
    Slovenj Gradec is a town and a municipality in northern Slovenia. It is part of the historic Lower Styria region, since 2005 it belongs to the NUTS-3 statistical region of Carinthia...

  • Deutschlandsberg
    Deutschlandsberg
    Deutschlandsberg is a town in Deutschlandsberg district of Styria, Austria. It covers an area of 24 km² and has a population of 7,983. It is located in southern Austria, near Slovenia and is approx. 35 km from Graz. Popular tourist attractions in that area include the Deutschlandsberg...

    / Podčetrtek
    Podcetrtek
    Podčetrtek is a settlement and a municipality in eastern Slovenia. It was first mentioned as a settlement in the early 11th century as Lonsperch and later as Lontsperch, Landsprech, Landsperg, Landsberg and eventually Windisch Landsberg. Its Slovene name is a reference to Thursday , which was the...

     (Windischlandsberg)*
  • Oberdrauburg
    Oberdrauburg
    Oberdrauburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau at the western rim of the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is situated near the Kärntner Tor , where the Drava river crosses the border from East Tyrol to Carinthia. In the west it shares border with the Tyrolian municipality of...

     / Dravograd
    Dravograd
    Dravograd is a small town and a municipality in northern Slovenia, close to the border with Austria. It lies on the Drava River at the confluence with the Meža and the Mislinja. It is part of the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia)....

     (Unterdrauburg)*
  • Unterloibl / Podljubelj
    Podljubelj
    Podljubelj is a settlement on the road to the Ljubelj pass in the Tržič municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.The local church, dedicated to Saint Anne, stands right by the entrance to the Ljubelj pass tunnel....

     (Unterloibl)*

Italy/Switzerland

  • Lavena Ponte Tresa
    Lavena Ponte Tresa
    Lavena Ponte Tresa is a comune on Lake Lugano in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km north of Varese, on the border with Switzerland...

     / Ponte Tresa
    Ponte Tresa
    Ponte Tresa is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Ponte Tresa is first mentioned in 818 as ad Tresiae Pontem, though this comes from a 12th Century copy of the earlier document. In 875 it was mentioned as Ponte Tretia...

  • Cremenaga
    Cremenaga
    Cremenaga is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km north of Varese, on the border with Switzerland...

     / Ponte Cremenaga
  • Ponte Chiasso / Chiasso
    Chiasso
    Chiasso is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.As the southernmost of Switzerland's municipalities, Chiasso is located at the border with Italy, in front of Ponte Chiasso...


Hungary/Slovakia

  • Komárom
    Komárom
    Komárom is a city in Hungary on the right bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom county.The city of Komárom was formerly a separate suburban village called...

     / Komárno
    Komárno
    Komárno is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Komárno was formed from part of a historical town in Hungary situated on both banks of the Danube. Following World War I, the border of the newly created Czechoslovakia cut the historical, unified town in half,...

  • Sátoraljaújhely
    Sátoraljaújhely
    Sátoraljaújhely or אוהעלי ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary near the Slovak border. It is east from the county capital Miskolc.- History :...

     / Slovenské Nové Mesto
    Slovenské Nové Mesto
    Slovenské Nové Mesto is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia.-History:The village is a former suburb of the Hungarian city of Sátoraljaújhely, which was separated from the rest of the city by the border of the newly created...

  • Balassagyarmat
    Balassagyarmat
    Balassagyarmat is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus.- History :The town's coat-of-arms bears the Latin inscription "Civitas Fortissima" , because in January 1919 Czechoslovak troops crossed the demarcation line delineated in December 1918 in preparation for the...

     / Slovenské Ďarmoty
    Slovenské Darmoty
    Slovenské Ďarmoty is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.-External links:*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html...


Sweden/Finland

  • Karesuando
    Karesuando
    Karesuando is the northernmost locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 313 inhabitants in 2005....

     / Kaaresuvanto
  • Kuttainen
    Kuttainen
    Kuttainen is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 364 inhabitants in 2005.Kuttainen Homepage: http://hem.passagen.se/netpain/...

     / Kuttainen
    Kuttainen
    Kuttainen is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 364 inhabitants in 2005.Kuttainen Homepage: http://hem.passagen.se/netpain/...

  • Katkesuando / Kätkäsuvanto
  • Muonionalusta
    Muonionalusta
    The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA . The first fragment of the Muonionalusta was found in 1906 in a 25 x 15 km area approximately 140 km north of the Artic Circle, in the Pajala district, Norbbotten, Sweden...

     / Muonio
    Muonio
    Muonio is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

  • Kihlangi / Kihlanki
  • Pello
    Pello
    Pello is a municipality of Finland.It is located approximately north of the Arctic Circle in the western partprovince of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality is at the national border with Sweden by the Tornionjoki-river. The municipality has a population of and covers an...

     / Pello
    Pello
    Pello is a municipality of Finland.It is located approximately north of the Arctic Circle in the western partprovince of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality is at the national border with Sweden by the Tornionjoki-river. The municipality has a population of and covers an...

  • Alatornio, Övertorneå
    Övertorneå
    Övertorneå is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,965 inhabitants in 2005.It is located at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Ylitornio...

     / Ylitornio
    Ylitornio
    Ylitornio is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Lapland at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Övertorneå. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

  • Karungi
    Karungi
    Karungi is a locality situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 232 inhabitants in 2005. The language most spoken in the village is tornedalsfinska, which the first of April 2000 officially was declared as a minority language in Sweden....

     / Karunki

Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina

  • Hrvatska Kostajnica
    Hrvatska Kostajnica
    Hrvatska Kostajnica, often just Kostajnica, is a small town in central Croatia. It is located on the Una river in the Sisak-Moslavina county, south of Petrinja and Sisak and across the river from Bosanska Kostajnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:...

     / Bosanska Kostajnica
    Bosanska Kostajnica
    Kostajnica, also known as Bosanska Kostajnica , is a town and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town and municipality are situated in the north-western part of the Republika Srpska entity and northern part of the Bosanska Krajina region. The municipality was created from part of...

  • Dubica
    Dubica
    Dubica is a toponym used for two towns divided by the state border at the Una river:* Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the right bank, in Bosnia* Hrvatska Dubica, on the left bank, in Croatia...

     / Bosanska Dubica
  • Nova Gradiška
    Nova Gradiška
    Nova Gradiška is a city located in the Brod-Posavina County of Croatia, population 14,196 . It is located in the historic region of Slavonia, near the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    , Stara Gradiška
    Stara Gradiška
    Stara Gradiška is a village and a municipality in the Brod-Posavina county of Croatia. It has 542 residents, while the municipality has 1,717 , in six other smaller villages...

  • Slavonski Brod
    Slavonski Brod
    Slavonski Brod is a city in Croatia, with a population of 59,507 in 2011. The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brod na Savi 1244–1934. It is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. Located in the region of Slavonia, it is the...

     / Bosanski Brod
    Bosanski Brod
    Brod also known as Bosanski Brod is a town and municipality located on the south bank of the river Sava in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the north-western part of the Republika Srpska and the western part of the Posavina region.-Name:Prior to the Bosnian War it...

  • Slavonski Šamac
    Slavonski Šamac
    Slavonski Šamac is a village and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. The town is located in Brod-Posavina county in the region of Slavonia. The population of Slavonski Šamac itself is 1,256 ; the municipality, which includes the village of Kruševica, has a total population of 2,649.On the opposite...

     / Bosanski Šamac
  • Svilaj
    Svilaj
    Svilaj is a settlement in the Croatian municipality of Oprisavci . According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants. Svilaj's importance lies in the planned border checkpoint and a bridge over the nearby Sava River, which will bear the internationally important freeway Pan-European...

     / Donji Svilaj, Gornji Svilaj

Bosnia-Herzegovina/Serbia

  • Srpska Rača / Sremska Rača
    Sremska Raca
    Sremska Rača , , is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province...

  • Zvornik
    Zvornik
    Zvornik is a city on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town Mali Zvornik lies directly across the river in Serbia, and not far north is Loznica.-History:Zvornik is first mentioned in 1410, although it was...

     / Mali Zvornik
    Mali Zvornik
    Mali Zvornik is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 4,384, while the population of the municipality is 12,496. It lays opposite of the Drina river from the town of Zvornik, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:There are traces of...


Serbia/Romania

  • Mali Žam
    Mali Žam
    Mali Žam is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority and its population numbering 279 people .-Name:...

     / Jamu Mare
    Jamu Mare
    Jamu Mare is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. In Romanian the name means "Greater Jam/Žam". On the other side of the border, in Serbia, there is a village called Mali Žam ....

  • Požeženo
    Požeženo
    Požeženo is a village in the municipality of Veliko Gradište, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 799 people....

     / Pojejena
    Pojejena
    Pojejena is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, Romania. Тhe commune is located in the geographical area known as Clisura Dunării . In 2002, its population numbered 3,300 people, of whom the majority are ethnic Serbs...

  • Veliki Gaj
    Veliki Gaj
    Veliki Gaj is a village located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

     / Gaiu Mic

Romania/Moldova

  • Sculeni
    Victoria, Iasi
    Victoria is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania, part of the Iaşi metropolitan area. It is composed of seven villages: Frăsuleni, Icuşeni, Luceni, Sculeni, Stânca, Şendreni and Victoria.Sculeni is a border checkpoint to Moldova.-References:...

     / Sculeni
    Sculeni
    Sculeni is a commune in Ungheni district, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Sculeni, Blindeşti, Floreni and Gherman.It is also a border checkpoint to Romania.-Notable people from Sculeni:* Andrei Eşanu, historian* Eliezer Zusia Portugal, rabbi...

  • Ungheni / Ungheni
    Ungheni
    ----Ungheni is the seventh largest city in Moldova and, since 2003, the seat of Ungheni District.There is a bridge across the Prut and a border checkpoint to Romania. There is another border town with the same name in Romania , on the other side of the Prut River.- History :The first historical...


Canada/United States

  • Beebe Plain, Quebec/Beebe Plain, Vermont
  • Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec
    Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec
    Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is a municipality in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,537. Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle was established officially in 1855...

    /Champlain, New York
  • Philipsburg, Quebec/Highgate Springs, Vermont
  • Niagara Falls, Ontario
    Niagara Falls, Ontario
    Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...

     / Niagara Falls, New York
    Niagara Falls, New York
    Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 50,193, down from the 55,593 recorded in the 2000 census. It is across the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, Ontario , both named after the famed Niagara Falls which they...


Sarnia, Ontario / Port Huron, Michigan
  • Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
    Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
    Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...

     / Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
    Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
    Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River...

  • North Portal, Saskatchewan
    North Portal, Saskatchewan
    -External links:********-Footnotes:...

     / Portal, North Dakota
    Portal, North Dakota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 131 people, 63 households, and 43 families residing in the city. The population density was 232.8 people per square mile . There were 98 housing units at an average density of 174.1 per square mile...

  • Madawaska County, New Brunswick
    New Brunswick
    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

    /Madawaska
    Madawaska, Maine
    Madawaska is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,035 at the 2010 census. Madawaska is opposite Edmundston in Madawaska County in New Brunswick, Canada, to which it is connected by the Edmundston-Madawaska Bridge. Today many of its residents speak French; 83.4% of...

    , Maine
    Maine
    Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...


United States/Mexico

  • Calexico, California
    Calexico, California
    Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California. The population was 38,572 at the 2010 census, up from 27,109 at the 2000 census. Calexico is about east of San Diego and west of Yuma, Arizona...

     / Mexicali, Baja California
  • Tecate, California
    Tecate, California
    Tecate is an unincorporated community in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California, directly adjacent to the Mexican city of Tecate, Baja California. The area is best known for its border crossing between the United States and Mexico, and nearby Tecate Peak.The...

     / Tecate, Baja California
  • Naco, Arizona
    Naco, Arizona
    Naco is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Its population was 833 at the 2000 census. It is across the United States–Mexico border from Naco, Sonora. The Naco port of entry is open 24 hours per day....

     / Naco, Sonora
    Naco, Sonora
    Naco is a Mexican town and municipality located in the northeast part of Sonora state on the border with the United States. It is directly across from the unincorporated town of Naco, Arizona. The name Naco comes from the Opata language and means nopal cactus. The town saw fighting during the...

  • Nogales, Arizona
    Nogales, Arizona
    Nogales is a city in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 21,017 at the 2010 census. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,833. The city is the county seat of Santa Cruz County....

     / Nogales, Sonora
    Nogales, Sonora
    Heroica Nogales , more commonly known as Nogales, is a city and its surrounding municipality on the northern border of the Mexican State of Sonora. The municipality covers an area of 1,675 km², and borders to the north the city of Nogales, Arizona, United States, across the U.S.-Mexico border...

  • San Luis, Arizona
    San Luis, Arizona
    San Luis is a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The population was 15,322 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area. San Luis was the second fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona of any size from 1990 and 2000...

     / San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
    San Luis Río Colorado
    San Luis Río Colorado is a city and its surrounding municipality lying in the northwestern corner of the state of Sonora, Mexico.- Location :...

  • Boquillas, Texas
    Boquillas, Texas
    Boquillas was a small settlement in Texas, located on the northern banks of the Rio Grande. It was located within Brewster County, five miles northeast of San Vicente, Texas. The place existed to service the mining operations at Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande.Boquillas,...

     / Boquillas del Carmen, Coahuila
    Boquillas del Carmen
    Boquillas is a small town in the Mexican state of Coahuila, on the banks of the Río Bravo del Norte . It is a part of the municipality of Ocampo.-Until 2002:...

  • El Paso, Texas
    El Paso, Texas
    El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...

     / Ciudad Juárez
    Ciudad Juárez
    Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...

     (formerly El Paso del Norte), Chihuahua
  • Laredo, Texas
    Laredo, Texas
    Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...

     / Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
  • Progreso, Texas
    Progreso, Texas
    Progreso is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,507 at the 2010 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.-Geography:...

     / Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas
    Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas
    Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas is a Mexican town in Río Bravo Municipality in the state of Tamaulipas located on the U.S.-Mexican border. The Progreso-Nuevo Progreso International Bridge connects the town with Progreso Lakes, Texas. The 2010 census showed a population of 10,178 inhabitants.-External...


Argentina/Chile

  • Antofagasta de la Sierra
    Antofagasta de la Sierra
    Antofagasta de la Sierra is a volcanic field in Argentina. The main type of volcanic edifice in the area are scoria cones. The area contains the youngest vents in the whole of the Puna region of Argentina. It is considered by many authors that the cones in the field are only a few thousand years...

     / Antofagasta
  • Coquimbito
    Coquimbito
    Coquimbito is a rural district in the Maipú Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is located in the southeast of the metropolitan area of Mendoza , and is administratively part of the municipality of Maipú...

     / Coquimbo
  • San Sebastián / San Sebastián

Azerbaijan/Iran

  • Astara
    Astara, Azerbaijan
    Astara, also, Azerbaycan Astarasi is a city in and the capital of the Astara Rayon of Azerbaijan. Astara is a short walk across the border from Astara, Iran.- The TV Tower :There is a 243.9 metre tall lattice steel TV tower, built in 1981...

     / Astara
    Astara, Iran
    - People :* Religion: Mostly Islam Shi'a Islam* Ethnic groups:90% Azerbaijani, 5% Talysh, 5% other:Persian, Kurd, Russian * Language: Azeri, Persian, Talysh language- Famous people from Astara :* Ebrahim Nabavi - Iranian journalist...

  • Julfa / Julfa
    Jolfa
    Jolfa is a city in and capital of Jolfa County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,983, in 1,365 families....

  • Biləsuvar / Bileh Savar
    Bileh savar
    Bileh Savar is a city in and the capital of Bileh Savar County, in Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,027, in 3,251 families....


Tajikistan/Afghanistan

  • Ishkoshim
    Ishkoshim, Tajikistan
    Ishkoshim , also Ishkashim , is the capital of Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in south-east Tajikistan. It lies on the Panj River, at a point where its direction turns sharply north...

     / Ishkashim

Hong Kong/China

  • Lo Wu
    Lo Wu
    Lo Wu or Lowu is an area in North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It lies on the borders between Hong Kong and mainland China, specifically the Luohu District of Shenzhen in mainland China. The area is most notable as the location of the most heavily used immigration control point for...

     (羅湖) / Luohu
    Luohu
    Luohu District is a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.-Geography:The size of Luohu district is about 78.9 km² and contains 10 subdistricts....

     (罗湖) - names are identical in Chinese.
  • Sha Tau Kok
    Sha Tau Kok
    Sha Tau Kok or Shataukok or Sathewkok is a town in the northeastern corner of Hong Kong. Located on the border with mainland China, there is another town of same Chinese name, Shatoujiao, romanized using Hanyu Pinyin, across the Sham Chun River-defined border in Shenzhen of mainland...

     (沙頭角) / Shatoujiao
    Shatoujiao
    Shatoujiao is an area located in the Yantian Qu of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China, Located on the border of the mainland China and Hong Kong. Shatoujiao is a bustling metropolis in comparison to Sha Tau Kok in the Hong Kong , due to the development of special economic zone...

     (沙头角) - names are identical in Chinese.
  • Man Kam To
    Man Kam To
    Man Kam To or Mankamto is a place in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong near the border with Shenzhen of mainland China.-Border:...

     (文錦渡) / Wenjindu (文锦渡) - names are identical in Chinese.
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