Border between Spain and France
The border between Spain and France is the international land and sea border separating the two countries, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Running 623 kilometers along the Pyrenees, and interrupted by the Principality of Andorra, it is the longest land border in metropolitan France.
Main border: The Franco-Spanish border runs for 656.3 kilometres between southwestern France and northeastern Spain. It begins in the west on the Bay of Biscay at the French city of Hendaye and the Spanish city of Irun. The border continues eastward along the Pyrenees to Andorra. At this point, the small country interrupts the border between Spain and France for 63.7 kilometres on the Spanish side and 56 kilometres on the French side. Then it continues eastward to the Mediterranean Sea at Cerbère in France and Portbou in Spain.
From west to east, crossing the border:
- Spain
- Gipuzkoa (Basque Country)
- Navarre
- Province of Huesca (Aragon)
- Province of Lleida (Catalonia)
- Province of Girona (Catalonia)
- France
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
- Hautes-Pyrénées (Occitanie)
- Haute-Garonne (Occitanie)
- Ariège (Occitanie)
- Pyrénées-Orientales (Occitanie)
Llívia: Spain has an exclave in France, Llívia, in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Pheasant Island: Shortly after the start of the western border, following the course of Bidasoa River, Pheasant Island located in the middle of the river has a particular border regime: the island is a condominium whose sovereignty is shared between the two countries dertermined by if it is the first or the second half of a year.