Cross-border town naming

Cross-border town naming

Cross-border town naming occurs where towns or villages 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). 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, while there are also some examples in North America and Asia. In Europe, until at the first half of the 20th century, and again in the post-Schengen 21st century, such divisions could be mostly ignored by the inhabitants.

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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.

European Union

Denmark/Germany

  • Pebermark / Neupepersmark
  • Rosenkrans / Rosenkranz

Denmark/Sweden

Netherlands/Germany

Netherlands/Belgium

Belgium/Germany

Luxembourg/Germany

Belgium/France

Luxembourg/France

France/Germany

France/Switzerland

France/United Kingdom

Germany/Switzerland

Germany/Austria

  • Vorderriß / Hinterriß
  • Bayrisch Gmain / Großgmain

Germany/Poland

(*) 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

(*) 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

(*) 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/Austria

  • Český Heršlák / Deutsch Hörschlag

Austria/Slovenia

Italy/France

Italy/Slovenia

Italy/Switzerland

Hungary/Slovakia

Hungary/Romania

Sweden/Finland

Estonia/Latvia

Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnia-Herzegovina/Serbia

Bosnia-Herzegovina/Montenegro

  • Donja Vrbica / Gornja Vrbica

Serbia/Romania

Romania/Ukraine

Romania/Moldova

North America

Canada/United States

United States/Mexico

South America

Argentina/Chile

Brazil/Uruguay

Africa

Ethiopia/Kenya

Central African Republic /Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gabon/Equatorial Guinea

Republic of the Congo/Democratic Republic of the Congo

Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Tembo Aluma / Tembo

Malawi/Mozambique

Zambia/Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe/Mozambique

Asia

Azerbaijan/Iran

Georgia/Turkey

Tajikistan/Afghanistan

  • Ishkoshim / Ishkashim

Hong Kong/China

  • Lo Wu (羅湖) / Luohu (罗湖) - names are identical in Chinese.
  • Sha Tau Kok (沙頭角) / Shatoujiao (沙头角) - names are identical in Chinese.
  • Man Kam To (文錦渡) / Wenjindu (文锦渡) - names are identical in Chinese.

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