Pheasant Island - Wikipedia
Pheasant Island (French: Île des Faisans/Île de la Conférence, Spanish: Isla de los Faisanes, Basque: Konpantzia, Faisaien Uhartea Konferentziako Uhartea) is an uninhabited river island …
Europe's island that swaps nationalities - BBC
Jul 7, 2022 · Pheasant Island, located between France and Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. But why? From the sublime viewpoints above San Sebastián in the Basque …
The tiny Basque island that is both French and Spanish - The …
Jul 21, 2023 · This is because of Pheasant Island, a tiny island on the Bidassoa river and a joint possession – also known as a condominium – of both Spain and France since the 17th …
Why Pheasant Island Is Sometimes in France, Sometimes in Spain
Feb 27, 2017 · The world's oldest condominium is Pheasant Island. It sits in the Bidasoa River between France and Spain just a mile or two from the Bay of Biscay, east of San Sebastian.
The island that switches countries every six months - BBC
Jan 28, 2018 · Next week, France will hand over 6,820 sq m of its territory to Spain without a single shot being fired. But in six months' time Spain will voluntarily hand back the land to France.
Pheasant Island - Atlas Obscura
Jan 2, 2017 · Since 1659, Pheasant Island has been passed back and forth between France and Spain over 700 times, and to this day it remains a powerful, albeit bizarre, symbol of peace …
What island is shared by France and Spain? - Geographic Pedia
Jun 29, 2024 · Pheasant Island, also known as Île des Faisans in French and Isla de los Faisanes in Spanish, is an uninhabited river island located in the Bidasoa River, which serves as the …
The island that Spain and France rule for six months of every year
Jul 31, 2017 · In Spain’s northeastern Basque Country, between Irun and the French city of Hendaye – in the middle of the Bidasoa river that separates the two countries – there is a …
Pheasant Island: The Island That Changes Sovereignty Every Six Months
Oct 25, 2016 · Less than six kilometers before river Bidasoa, near the French-Spanish border, empties into the Atlantic Ocean, there lies a small river island called Pheasant. It was here, in …
Pheasant Island – A Small Patch of Land That Changes Country …
Nov 21, 2022 · Pheasant Island is a tiny island on the border between Spain and France that alternates ownership status between the two countries every six months.