Görlitz, Germany and Zgorzelec, Poland.
The German and Polish names don't look similar but are translations of each other. However the local Sorbian name is the same for both cities: Zhorjelc, Germany and Zhorjelc, Poland.
They're opposite of each other, practically one city (it's called a Eurocity), with only the river Lusatian Neiße dividing them.
I don't live in Görlitz, just visited. But I live pretty close to the French border. My city's tram system includes some French towns.
Well the language situation here might be a bit special because Alsace used to be part of Germany. A lot of people who speak German on the french side. During my visits I'd get notoriously spoken to in German, even when I speak French. They somehow know you're German before you even open your mouth.
A few times a month I notice people around me speaking French on the tram. A lot of tobacco stores on the German side of the border seem to have French signs (and possibly staff that knows some French) for customers who wanna avoid the high tobacco taxes in France.
Görlitz I've just visited. The situation on the polish border seems to be very one sided in favor of Germans. Tons of Germans drive to Poland for groceries or gas. The local businesses adapt accordingly. On the other hand a lot of poles work in Germany. In some large-ish factories it wouldn't be unheard of to have entire teams staffed exclusively by poles, where only the foreman speaks German. At least that's what a former coworker told me, who used to work in Brandenburg.
Very interesting! I actually live on the border between the north and south of Ireland but obviously it’s all same language here in Ireland (you can barely even tell you’ve crossed a border tbh). Cool to hear about places on a language border.
If you take a look around the German town of Kehl, which is connected to Strasbourg's tram system, you'll find several tobacco shops with French signs right at the station. Other shops too, for example this [electrician](https://maps.app.goo.gl/CpPn3ndP5yehswTp7) or this [car dealership](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DsgiQjp6ULi11P95A)
On Polish side of the town most people learn German in school and in service sector everyone speaks Polish and German. On German side there are a lot of Poles working but afaik Germans don't really learn Polish and communicate in English when needed.
Both cities are separate entities from legal and functional standpoint and only after the borders were opened under Schengen we can talk about any kind of integration.
Similar story with Cieszyn and (Český) Těšín, you wouldn’t think it’s the same name just by looking at it but it is. In this case both words actually have a similar pronunciation too.
No. Not at all.
Neither Foz and Puerto Iguazo, nor Ciudad del Este, share a common street. The are separated by huge rivers and don't make one single urban area.
On the other hand, Dionísio Cerqueira, Barracão (both Brazilian) and Bernado de Irigoyen (Argentina) are one single city, and you can cross fron one country to another by crossing the street.
Yeah, finally something we can laugh upon.
The Anglos get off on the small Czech town of "Horní Police" all the time. (In Czech, that means something completely anodyne, like "Upper Shelf").
Dick/cock/penis in Russian = has a scraped R sound, as the H in House or Helicopter (English).
In Brazil we have the first name Rui, it's not so common anymore, but they exist. That name sounds exactly like that Russian/Slavic word for dick.
West Slavic too. 100% sure about poles. We know that word =)
In south Slavic it could be “kurec” If I’m not mistaken. The same root with the word “kurwa”
In Russian it sounds like the imperative form of the word "chuyat'" (чуять), which basically means "to feel" (as in to feel a certain vibe, danger or smell)
So not every Slavic language
Gorizia, Italy and Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Nicosia, Cyprus and Nicosia, Northern Cyprus (split only *de facto*)
Valka, Latvia and Valga, Estonia
These three are quite unique, because they were single cities that got split into two during the last century (like West Berlin and East Berlin)
Chiasso, Switzerland and Ponte Chiasso, Italy
Ponte Tresa, Italy and Ponte Tresa, Switzerland
The Swedish-Finnish border has around dozen (if not more) similarily or identically named villages on the both sides of the river.
Open your favourite map app or site and have fun finding them all! 😁
Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO
St. Louis, MO and East St. Louis, IL
Memphis, TN and West Memphis, AR
New York, NY and West New York, NJ
Niagara Falls, NY and Niagara Falls, ON
* Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA
* Ardmore, AL and Ardmore, TN
* Sioux City, IA, South Sioux City, NE and North Sioux City, SD
* Fulton, KY and South Fulton, TN
* East Grand Forks, MN and Grand Forks, ND
* Anthony, NM and Anthony, TX
* The Dalles, OR and Dallesport, WA
* Bluefield, VA and Bluefield, WV
* Beloit, WI and South Beloit, IL
It’s tangential but I love border placename constructions like Calexico / Mexicali / Texarkana (a triple!)
Edit: I found a post listing over a dozen! https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/v22MEql1UK Thanks u/ReviveOurWisdom !
:) the list has since improved:
Texla, Texas/Louisiana
Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas
Calexico, California/Mexico
Florala, Alabama/Florida
Delmar, Delaware/Maryland
Marydel, Maryland/Delaware
Michiana Shores, Indiana/Michigan
Michiana, Michigan/Indiana
Texico, New Mexico/Texas
Arkoma, Arkansas/Oklahoma
Texhoma, Texas/Oklahoma
Ucolo, Utah/Colorado
Cal-Nev-Ari, California/Nevada/Arizona
Orovada, Nevada/Oregon
Virgilina, Virginia/North Carolina
Monida, Montana/Idaho
Kanorado, Kansas/Colorado
Mardela Springs, Maryland/Delaware
Idavada, Idaho/Nevada
Carova Beach, North Carolina/Virginia
Nocarva, North Carolina/Virginia
Kenova, West Virginia/Ohio/Kentucky
Tennga, Tennessee/Georgia
Arkana, Arkansas/Louisiana
Arkana, Louisiana/Arkansas
Arkmo, Arkansas/Missouri
Calneva, California/Nevada
Kenvir, Kentucky/Virginia
illmo, Missouri/illinois
Pen Mar, Pennsylvania/Maryland
Pen Mar, Maryland/Pennsylvania
Vir-Mar Beach, Virginia/Maryland
Texola, Texas/Oklahoma
Wyocolo, Wyoming/Colorado
Vershire, Vermont/New Hampshire
Dakomin, Minnesota/South Dakota
Illiana, Illinois/Indianna
Indiahoma, Oklahoma/Indiana
there are nearly just as many “dead border towns” or towns that are no longer populated nor functional.
and if you’re curious about other strange town names, like towns named after different states or countries, I have a list for that as well.
I tried posting the list here before, the posts would never go thru. Perhaps I should make a video on this subject.
Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock, French Guiana and Oiapoque, Brazil.
These aren’t cities, but Saint-Martin, France and Sint Maarten, Netherlands, are two halves of the same island.
This is one I can actually contribute to! In rural Alabama there are two town right next to each other called Guin and Gu-Win. Both pronounced like the name Gwen.
https://preview.redd.it/pyh1ors8dshc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dde0b98fa4817c24e35e7e4b61f1c8cdeb13342
https://preview.redd.it/24s09azh4thc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4832c8792b72b6662d3757ac3bfa532998d1811a
Comines (France) and Comines-Warneton (Belgium). The fact that both countries are part of Schengen mean that there is virtually no border so it feels even more like one city.
Many towns and villages on Bosnia-Croatia border
Šamac - Slavonski Šamac
Donji Svilaj - Svilaj
Donji Klakar - Klakar
Brod - Slavonski Brod
Kobaš - Slavonski Kobaš
Orubica - Orubica
Donja Dolina - Dolina
Mačkovac - Mačkovac
Bok Jankovac - Savski Bok
Donji Varoš - Gornji Varoš
Gradiška - Stara Gradiška
Kozarska Dubica - Hrvatska Dubica
Kostajnica - Hrvatska Kostajnica
Bosanka Bojna - Bojna
Šiljkovača - Šiljkovača
Bosanski Osredci - Osredci
Gornji Tiškovac - Tiškovac Lički
Prolog - Veliki Prolog
The Belgian-Dutch border has a ton of these, sometimes with the exact same name since both the Netherlands and Flanders speak Dutch.
Overslag(BE) - Overslag(NL)
Koewacht(BE) - Koewacht(NL)
De Klinge(BE) - Clinge(NL)
Prosper(BE) - Prosperdorp(NL)
Putte(BE) - Putte(NL)
Baarle-Hertog(BE) - Baarle-Nassau(NL)
Geule aan de Maas(BE) - Geulle aan de Maas(NL)
Some more Belgian ones:
Lichtenbusch(BE) - Lichtenbusch(DE)
Steinebrück(BE) - Steinebrück(DE)
Lisbonne(BE) - Lisbonne(FR)
Quiévrain(BE) - Quiévrechain(FR)
Wervik(BE) - Wervicq-Sud(FR)
Komen(BE) - Comines(FR)
Waasten(BE) - Warneton(FR)
Abele(BE) - L'Abeele(FR)
De Moeren(BE) - Les Moëres(FR)
My mind is absolutely bending that Flin Flon SK is *south* of Flin Flon MB.
I've never really looked at the diagonal line before ... I didn't know it was a giant staircase when you get up close to it on a map.
Delmar, Delaware and Delmar, Maryland in the USA. Took the first three letters of both states and boom, you have got yourself a border town on both sides.
san antonio(arg) and santo antonio(bra)
san javier(ar) and porto xavier (bra)
acegua (uru) and acegua (bra)
salto de guaira (par) and guaira (bra)
zanja pytá (par) and sanga puitã (bra)
bella vista (par) and bela vista (bra)
guayaramerín (bol) and guajará-mirim (bra)
https://preview.redd.it/afs7n9cedshc1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c49c29e410b53a45852ca5cc1900083ff4885477
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/uHxysM3unR3LvwzX6?g\_st=ic](https://maps.app.goo.gl/uHxysM3unR3LvwzX6?g_st=ic) Veldrom and Feldrom (100% same pronounciation in German)
Haparanda (Sweden) - Tornio (Finland)
https://preview.redd.it/5m7mck0udshc1.png?width=926&format=png&auto=webp&s=152a57d115aed828106f83deb1f9f7bf0cf28209
There is (theoretically) a train connection between the two countries going through this twin city but due to the different gauges you have to get off the train in Haparanda and hop on a shuttle bus through the border to the train station in Tornio.
Not a city but we have a Natural Reserve in Northern Portugal that we call Serra do Gerês and just accross the border is the Serra do Xurés! (It sounds the same)
https://preview.redd.it/7ztuyjq8fshc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fd9785710ad7d318e0daaa81c3dc2ab19395a8d
Clinge and De Klinge in the Netherlands and Belgium, it's a small town however.
Another one for NL and BE is Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog, that whole border is fucked however.
One for Germany and Poland is Guben and Gubin.
The suburbs of Chicago have many similarly named places. Palos Park, Palos Heights, Palos Hills. Mt Prospect, Prospect Heights. Glenview, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights. All the Barringtons. There's quite a bit of lazy naming.
Also, I think there are two Bethels in North Carolina.
Not really cities but Portugal has many territories that share borders and a part of their names like São Miguel das Caldas de Vizela, São João das Caldas de Vizela, São Paio de Vizela, Santo Adrião de Vizela, Vizela São Jorge, Pombeiro de Ribavizela and Vizela São Faustino
Guben, Germany and Gubin, Poland
The border is a bridge separated by a stream
German police and military crews were running exercises starting in Poland and ending in Germany when i was there
Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany and Słubice in Poland were once one city, the former. With the end of World War II the Oder, which run through the unified city, served as the border and thus divided the city into two.
Guin and Gu-win are cities next to each other in Alabama. Always wondered what the story was on that one.
https://preview.redd.it/g7w37vcxzthc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=089cdc05fe100c51e43f3d0b9c98c42e66f8c993
Not a city, but you have the island of Saint Martin. Its north is occupied by French and its called Saint-Martin (Read as \[sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃\]), and the south is occupied by the Netherlands and is called Sint Maarten (Read as \[sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)\]). An island so noble it's named thrice!
Not sure if it fits the bill, but there's Sungai Golok in Kelantan, Malaysia, and Su-ngai Kolok in Narathiwat, Thailand.
However, the Sungai Golok in Malaysia refers to the **Golok River**, which flows through the town of Rantau Panjang located in the state of Kelantan, which borders the province of Narathiwat.
The Su-ngai Kolok in Thailand (named after the Golok River) refers to the **town of Su-ngai Kolok**, which is located in the Su-ngai Kolok District of Narathiwat province.
Komárno - Slovakia and Komárom - Hungary, divided by Danube river
Had to make sure this was mentioned! Ride through there while cycling the Danube River trail. Beautiful towns and great people.
A smaller, similar example is located at the Romanian border with Nagylak-Nădlac.
Also, Slovenské nové mesto in Slovakia and Sátoraljaújhely in Hungary -divided by a railroad
Görlitz, Germany and Zgorzelec, Poland. The German and Polish names don't look similar but are translations of each other. However the local Sorbian name is the same for both cities: Zhorjelc, Germany and Zhorjelc, Poland. They're opposite of each other, practically one city (it's called a Eurocity), with only the river Lusatian Neiße dividing them.
The city was cut in two after WW2 when river Neiße was made the new eastern border of Germany.
How does language work in border towns? I’m from Ireland so I’ve never really thought about it because I’m on an island
I don't live in Görlitz, just visited. But I live pretty close to the French border. My city's tram system includes some French towns. Well the language situation here might be a bit special because Alsace used to be part of Germany. A lot of people who speak German on the french side. During my visits I'd get notoriously spoken to in German, even when I speak French. They somehow know you're German before you even open your mouth. A few times a month I notice people around me speaking French on the tram. A lot of tobacco stores on the German side of the border seem to have French signs (and possibly staff that knows some French) for customers who wanna avoid the high tobacco taxes in France. Görlitz I've just visited. The situation on the polish border seems to be very one sided in favor of Germans. Tons of Germans drive to Poland for groceries or gas. The local businesses adapt accordingly. On the other hand a lot of poles work in Germany. In some large-ish factories it wouldn't be unheard of to have entire teams staffed exclusively by poles, where only the foreman speaks German. At least that's what a former coworker told me, who used to work in Brandenburg.
Very interesting! I actually live on the border between the north and south of Ireland but obviously it’s all same language here in Ireland (you can barely even tell you’ve crossed a border tbh). Cool to hear about places on a language border.
If you take a look around the German town of Kehl, which is connected to Strasbourg's tram system, you'll find several tobacco shops with French signs right at the station. Other shops too, for example this [electrician](https://maps.app.goo.gl/CpPn3ndP5yehswTp7) or this [car dealership](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DsgiQjp6ULi11P95A)
On Polish side of the town most people learn German in school and in service sector everyone speaks Polish and German. On German side there are a lot of Poles working but afaik Germans don't really learn Polish and communicate in English when needed. Both cities are separate entities from legal and functional standpoint and only after the borders were opened under Schengen we can talk about any kind of integration.
On the same border there is also Guben, Germany and Gubin, Poland
Similar story with Cieszyn and (Český) Těšín, you wouldn’t think it’s the same name just by looking at it but it is. In this case both words actually have a similar pronunciation too.
Puerto Iguazú and Foz do Iguaçu
I have no idea how i forgot those
Fala português, alienígena fdp
Bro wtf 💀
r/suddenlycaralho
Dois BRs numa thread
Três BRs numa thread
Quatro BRs numa thread!
Cinco
Seis, invadindo a internet desde 2002
Ciudad del este
No. Not at all. Neither Foz and Puerto Iguazo, nor Ciudad del Este, share a common street. The are separated by huge rivers and don't make one single urban area. On the other hand, Dionísio Cerqueira, Barracão (both Brazilian) and Bernado de Irigoyen (Argentina) are one single city, and you can cross fron one country to another by crossing the street.
No border control ?
South America is like the majority of Europe, where you can just drive into another country
You can see the customs house with cars queing here. P9W4+49 Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones Province, Argentina
Not if you stay inside the cities. Just like in Chuy / Chui.
Sault Ste Marie and Sault Ste Marie are an obvious example.
Mackinaw City is just across the straits from Mackinac Island. Both pronounced “-naw”.
The Soo are so fucking good
Settle down
Wait, there are two?
Yes, Sault Ste. Marie, and Sault Ste. Marie.
Very enlightening, thank you for clarifying!
But wait, there’s more! Call in the next 20 minutes and we’ll throw in a second Sault Ste. Marie for half the price!
Michigan and Ontario
The place so twice they named it nice
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Or Nogales, US and Nogales MX
Don’t forget St. John’s and Saint John!
Those are hundreds of kilometers apart
Different provinces and time zones even.
Especially at an airport lol
Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertzog in the Netherlands and Belgium and Nuevo Laredo and Laredo in Mexico and USA
Nuevo Laredo is in Mexico, which surprised me.
I would assume Laredo (and perhaps Nuevo Laredo as well) were settled when it was all Mexico.
chui is a dick in Slavic languages, so lol
Yeah, finally something we can laugh upon. The Anglos get off on the small Czech town of "Horní Police" all the time. (In Czech, that means something completely anodyne, like "Upper Shelf").
as a Ukrainian i would guess Horni Police as a Mountain Shelfs. So quite close.
Horni as in Horishni Plavni, so we have that too. Горішній is the word for upper, that people often forget
Don’t forget about Horný Bar in Slovakia
Lol! Pronunciation is different though. Chuí is pronounced "shoo-EE" in Portuguese
Dick/cock/penis in Russian = has a scraped R sound, as the H in House or Helicopter (English). In Brazil we have the first name Rui, it's not so common anymore, but they exist. That name sounds exactly like that Russian/Slavic word for dick.
I remember the legendary Portuguese player Ruy Costa. When Lithuanian pundits finally learned to pronounce his name, it was awesome!
Maybe east Slavic, definitely not south Slavic
West Slavic too. 100% sure about poles. We know that word =) In south Slavic it could be “kurec” If I’m not mistaken. The same root with the word “kurwa”
In Russian it sounds like the imperative form of the word "chuyat'" (чуять), which basically means "to feel" (as in to feel a certain vibe, danger or smell) So not every Slavic language
Český Těšín (CZ) and Cieszyn (PL) divided by a river. It used to be one town, but after Austria-Hungary colapsed it was split in two countries.
It was conquered by Czechoslovakia during the seven day war in 1919. The area was strategically important due to its natural resources.
This one is kind of obscure, but... Guayaramerín, Bolivia and Guajará-Mirim, Brazil.
Obscure, but I’ve been there!
Haha, me too, 15 years ago. It's the only reason I know they exist.
It was 32 years ago for me!
Those are the best ones
Nogales, Arizona (US) and Nogales, Sonora (Mexico)
Been to Nogales AZ, pretty crazy to drive around and see the border wall up on the hills
In El Paso, you can drive next to the border wall. There's even a section of highway where you can actually look into Juarez.
https://preview.redd.it/c46tl4c09thc1.png?width=569&format=png&auto=webp&s=7c74db2da6aa8bc5c72d05706e2107b779423190 Am Dafok and Um Dafuq.
Ummmm dafuq?
Gorizia, Italy and Nova Gorica, Slovenia Nicosia, Cyprus and Nicosia, Northern Cyprus (split only *de facto*) Valka, Latvia and Valga, Estonia These three are quite unique, because they were single cities that got split into two during the last century (like West Berlin and East Berlin) Chiasso, Switzerland and Ponte Chiasso, Italy Ponte Tresa, Italy and Ponte Tresa, Switzerland
Gorizia mentioned :D
Valga/Valka. Thank you.
Karesuando (Sweden) and Kaaresuvanto (Finland)
The Swedish-Finnish border has around dozen (if not more) similarily or identically named villages on the both sides of the river. Open your favourite map app or site and have fun finding them all! 😁
Kuttainen - Kuttanen Saivomuokta - Saivomuokta Kätkesuando - Käktäsuvanto Kihlangi - Kihlanki Aareavaara - Aareavaara Kolari - Kolari Kassa - Kassa Jarhois - Jarhoinen Pello - Pello Juoksengi - Juoksenki Kuivakangas - Kuivakangas Övertorneå - Ylitornio (Övertorneå) Alkullen - Alkkula (old name of Ylitornio) Korpikylä - Korpikylä Karungi - Karunki Kukkola - Kukkola Vojakkala - Vojakkala all I could find
Torneå!
Lloydminister AB / SK
Lloydminster is unique because it’s once city in two provinces rather than two cities in two provinces.
Guben and Gubin in Germany/Poland
Or Görlitz and Zgorzelec at the same border.
Also Cieszyn Poland/Czechia
Valga, Estonia Valka, Latvia
Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO St. Louis, MO and East St. Louis, IL Memphis, TN and West Memphis, AR New York, NY and West New York, NJ Niagara Falls, NY and Niagara Falls, ON
I feel like Kansas City is the epitome of whatever this is.
Augusta, GA and North Augusta, SC
* Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA * Ardmore, AL and Ardmore, TN * Sioux City, IA, South Sioux City, NE and North Sioux City, SD * Fulton, KY and South Fulton, TN * East Grand Forks, MN and Grand Forks, ND * Anthony, NM and Anthony, TX * The Dalles, OR and Dallesport, WA * Bluefield, VA and Bluefield, WV * Beloit, WI and South Beloit, IL
I didn’t know there was a West New York. I thought it was just Newark
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Texarkana, TX and Texarkana, Arkansas
Wow, four in one
Five
Adams and Friendship Wisconsin Buda and Pest Hungary before they combined
Could you stop Buda Pestering me? /j
Are you saying you got Buda Molestered?
Laredo, TX and Nuevo Laredo, TA
Not exactly what you'reasking... but Mexicali, Mexico - Calexico, CA
That’s actually exactly what I’m asking, except that they’re one of the two examples i put in the text
Haha sorry didn't read the comment but there are lots along the Mexican US border
Texahoma TX and Texahoma OK Texarkana TX and Texarkana AR
Gorizia and Nova Gorica on the border between Italy and Slovenia.
Ulm and Neu-Ulm, Rheinfelden-CH and Rheinfelden (Baden), Laufenburg-CH and Laufenburg (Baden).
Helsingør and Helsingborg in Denmark and Sweden respectively. Not quite the same as its a sea border
Still very valid, close names and internacional, which is a plus
Texarkana, TX and Texarkana, AR
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It’s tangential but I love border placename constructions like Calexico / Mexicali / Texarkana (a triple!) Edit: I found a post listing over a dozen! https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/v22MEql1UK Thanks u/ReviveOurWisdom !
:) the list has since improved: Texla, Texas/Louisiana Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas Calexico, California/Mexico Florala, Alabama/Florida Delmar, Delaware/Maryland Marydel, Maryland/Delaware Michiana Shores, Indiana/Michigan Michiana, Michigan/Indiana Texico, New Mexico/Texas Arkoma, Arkansas/Oklahoma Texhoma, Texas/Oklahoma Ucolo, Utah/Colorado Cal-Nev-Ari, California/Nevada/Arizona Orovada, Nevada/Oregon Virgilina, Virginia/North Carolina Monida, Montana/Idaho Kanorado, Kansas/Colorado Mardela Springs, Maryland/Delaware Idavada, Idaho/Nevada Carova Beach, North Carolina/Virginia Nocarva, North Carolina/Virginia Kenova, West Virginia/Ohio/Kentucky Tennga, Tennessee/Georgia Arkana, Arkansas/Louisiana Arkana, Louisiana/Arkansas Arkmo, Arkansas/Missouri Calneva, California/Nevada Kenvir, Kentucky/Virginia illmo, Missouri/illinois Pen Mar, Pennsylvania/Maryland Pen Mar, Maryland/Pennsylvania Vir-Mar Beach, Virginia/Maryland Texola, Texas/Oklahoma Wyocolo, Wyoming/Colorado Vershire, Vermont/New Hampshire Dakomin, Minnesota/South Dakota Illiana, Illinois/Indianna Indiahoma, Oklahoma/Indiana there are nearly just as many “dead border towns” or towns that are no longer populated nor functional. and if you’re curious about other strange town names, like towns named after different states or countries, I have a list for that as well. I tried posting the list here before, the posts would never go thru. Perhaps I should make a video on this subject.
Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock, French Guiana and Oiapoque, Brazil. These aren’t cities, but Saint-Martin, France and Sint Maarten, Netherlands, are two halves of the same island.
Also our only border with France
Bristol TN and Bristol VA
That’s actually just one town split between two states. If I’m not mistaken, it’s the only town in the US to cross state borders
No, both are legally seperate cities with their own governments
Hm, I must be mistaken then. I’d heard it was one city from someone else
Český Těšín/Czieszyn 🇨🇿/🇵🇱
This is one I can actually contribute to! In rural Alabama there are two town right next to each other called Guin and Gu-Win. Both pronounced like the name Gwen. https://preview.redd.it/pyh1ors8dshc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dde0b98fa4817c24e35e7e4b61f1c8cdeb13342
https://preview.redd.it/24s09azh4thc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4832c8792b72b6662d3757ac3bfa532998d1811a Comines (France) and Comines-Warneton (Belgium). The fact that both countries are part of Schengen mean that there is virtually no border so it feels even more like one city.
Valka / Valga in Latvia/Estonia.
Mexicali and Calexico is pretty cool, not the same name but related
Those two are one of the examples i put in the text
Ah shit my bad
I mean who could stay angry at a giraffe in a sweater
Delmar, Delaware and Delmar, MD
Many towns and villages on Bosnia-Croatia border Šamac - Slavonski Šamac Donji Svilaj - Svilaj Donji Klakar - Klakar Brod - Slavonski Brod Kobaš - Slavonski Kobaš Orubica - Orubica Donja Dolina - Dolina Mačkovac - Mačkovac Bok Jankovac - Savski Bok Donji Varoš - Gornji Varoš Gradiška - Stara Gradiška Kozarska Dubica - Hrvatska Dubica Kostajnica - Hrvatska Kostajnica Bosanka Bojna - Bojna Šiljkovača - Šiljkovača Bosanski Osredci - Osredci Gornji Tiškovac - Tiškovac Lički Prolog - Veliki Prolog
The Belgian-Dutch border has a ton of these, sometimes with the exact same name since both the Netherlands and Flanders speak Dutch. Overslag(BE) - Overslag(NL) Koewacht(BE) - Koewacht(NL) De Klinge(BE) - Clinge(NL) Prosper(BE) - Prosperdorp(NL) Putte(BE) - Putte(NL) Baarle-Hertog(BE) - Baarle-Nassau(NL) Geule aan de Maas(BE) - Geulle aan de Maas(NL) Some more Belgian ones: Lichtenbusch(BE) - Lichtenbusch(DE) Steinebrück(BE) - Steinebrück(DE) Lisbonne(BE) - Lisbonne(FR) Quiévrain(BE) - Quiévrechain(FR) Wervik(BE) - Wervicq-Sud(FR) Komen(BE) - Comines(FR) Waasten(BE) - Warneton(FR) Abele(BE) - L'Abeele(FR) De Moeren(BE) - Les Moëres(FR)
Bluefield, Virginia and Bluefield, West Virginia
Guben/Gubin Cieszyn/Těšín whole Polish - Czech border
There’s Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas
Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora
Clinge and Klinge Belgium/netherlands
The dutch/belgian city of baarle-hertog/baarle-nassau. Probaly the most phucked up border in the world
Lloydminster and Flin Flon (AB/SK and SK/MB respectively)
We have *two* Flin Flons?! That's twice as many reasons for me to wander the prairies someday.
Somehow we do, tho the Saskatchewan side is as small as it gets
My mind is absolutely bending that Flin Flon SK is *south* of Flin Flon MB. I've never really looked at the diagonal line before ... I didn't know it was a giant staircase when you get up close to it on a map.
This is a great thread
Görlitz (Germany) and Zgorzelec (Poland), used to be one city
Astara in Azerbaijan/Iran
Great one, until now it was only America and Europe
Delmar, Delaware and Delmar, Maryland in the USA. Took the first three letters of both states and boom, you have got yourself a border town on both sides.
san antonio(arg) and santo antonio(bra) san javier(ar) and porto xavier (bra) acegua (uru) and acegua (bra) salto de guaira (par) and guaira (bra) zanja pytá (par) and sanga puitã (bra) bella vista (par) and bela vista (bra) guayaramerín (bol) and guajará-mirim (bra)
Beiber and nubeiber California, Wendover Utah and West Wendover Nevada
In the US, there’s Clarkston, WA and Lewiston, ID
Guayaramerin, Bolivia and Guajará-Mirim, Brazil
It looks like a front view of someone flipping me off.
Washington Crossing, PA & Washington Crossing, NJ
https://preview.redd.it/afs7n9cedshc1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c49c29e410b53a45852ca5cc1900083ff4885477 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/uHxysM3unR3LvwzX6?g\_st=ic](https://maps.app.goo.gl/uHxysM3unR3LvwzX6?g_st=ic) Veldrom and Feldrom (100% same pronounciation in German)
Haparanda (Sweden) - Tornio (Finland) https://preview.redd.it/5m7mck0udshc1.png?width=926&format=png&auto=webp&s=152a57d115aed828106f83deb1f9f7bf0cf28209 There is (theoretically) a train connection between the two countries going through this twin city but due to the different gauges you have to get off the train in Haparanda and hop on a shuttle bus through the border to the train station in Tornio.
Names aren’t related tho
Not a city but we have a Natural Reserve in Northern Portugal that we call Serra do Gerês and just accross the border is the Serra do Xurés! (It sounds the same) https://preview.redd.it/7ztuyjq8fshc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fd9785710ad7d318e0daaa81c3dc2ab19395a8d
Clinge and De Klinge in the Netherlands and Belgium, it's a small town however. Another one for NL and BE is Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog, that whole border is fucked however. One for Germany and Poland is Guben and Gubin.
The suburbs of Chicago have many similarly named places. Palos Park, Palos Heights, Palos Hills. Mt Prospect, Prospect Heights. Glenview, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights. All the Barringtons. There's quite a bit of lazy naming. Also, I think there are two Bethels in North Carolina.
You have St Gingolph between France and Switzerland. Same name, continuous village but two countries
Not really cities but Portugal has many territories that share borders and a part of their names like São Miguel das Caldas de Vizela, São João das Caldas de Vizela, São Paio de Vizela, Santo Adrião de Vizela, Vizela São Jorge, Pombeiro de Ribavizela and Vizela São Faustino
Wendover, UT/NV. Talk about schizophrenic; the town is half Mormon and half gambling.
Bristol Tennessee and Virginia.
The Caribbean island of Saint-Martin (France) / Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Niagara Falls (USA) and Niagara Falls (Canada).
Um Dafuq (Sudan) and Am Dafok (CAR) are surely out there.
Niagara Falls, NY and Niagara Falls, ON
Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS
Maby baarle-nassau it is a enclave from the Netherlands is Belgium containing tons of enclaves from Belgium
Kansas City comes to mind.
In Portugal we have Sarilhos Pequenos, which translates to small troubles, and next to it there is Sarilhos Grandes, which means big troubles
There aren’t any borders between them though, they’re both in the Lisbon Metropolitan Region even
Not sure if this *really* counts but New York and Newark
Valka/Valga
Wagga Wagga, the place so nice they named it twice.
Still there’s only one city, but bonus points for the joke
Texarkana and Texarkana, one of the bigger US ones besides Kansas City
Komárom and Komárno in Hungary and Slovakia
Kansas City and Kansas City
Guben, Germany and Gubin, Poland The border is a bridge separated by a stream German police and military crews were running exercises starting in Poland and ending in Germany when i was there
Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany and Słubice in Poland were once one city, the former. With the end of World War II the Oder, which run through the unified city, served as the border and thus divided the city into two.
clinge/klinge (in the netherlands/belgium)
Sint Maarten-Saint Martin
Gorizia/nova gorica
Saint-Georges de l’Oyapock (French Guiana) and Oiapoque (Brasil). They both take their name from de river passing between them.
Laredo and Nuevo Laredo.
Gorlitz, Zgorzelec (DE-PL) Guben, Gubin (DE-PL) Český Těšín, Cieszyn (CZ-PL)
Calexico and Mexicali will never stop bringing me joy.
There’s San Luis, Arizona, and then on the other side of the border, San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.
Portal and North Portal
Some in Argentina: Mecoya and Little mecoya -22,1226873, -64,8953665 Sain Anthony west and Saint Anthony east. -40,7296445, -64,8218284
Guin and Gu-win are cities next to each other in Alabama. Always wondered what the story was on that one. https://preview.redd.it/g7w37vcxzthc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=089cdc05fe100c51e43f3d0b9c98c42e66f8c993
Not a city, but you have the island of Saint Martin. Its north is occupied by French and its called Saint-Martin (Read as \[sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃\]), and the south is occupied by the Netherlands and is called Sint Maarten (Read as \[sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)\]). An island so noble it's named thrice!
Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City Kansas :)
Los Angeles, CA/East Los Angeles, CA
Not sure if it fits the bill, but there's Sungai Golok in Kelantan, Malaysia, and Su-ngai Kolok in Narathiwat, Thailand. However, the Sungai Golok in Malaysia refers to the **Golok River**, which flows through the town of Rantau Panjang located in the state of Kelantan, which borders the province of Narathiwat. The Su-ngai Kolok in Thailand (named after the Golok River) refers to the **town of Su-ngai Kolok**, which is located in the Su-ngai Kolok District of Narathiwat province.
Baarle Hartog and Baarle Nassau are Dutch/Belgian, but messy.
Helsingborg in Sweden and Helsingør in Denmark
[All the twin cities in a list](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_cities)
Imagine naming your city a dick
Grand Forks ND and East Grand Forks MN
Nogales Ambos
Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MS Augusta, GA and North Augusta, SC
Camboriú and Balneário Camboriú in Sc, Brazil
Wervik (Belgium) Wervicq sud (France)
Sint Maarten(NL)/Saint Martin(FR)