A tiny European island between northern Spain and southern France is changing sovereignty (national jurisdiction) every six months due to a particular treaty signed by the two countries between them three centuries ago. According to the Newyork Post, the island of Phasians (île des faisans in French, Isla de Los Faisanes in Spanish) is located on the Bidasoa River (Bidasoa), on the France and Spanish border, near the Basque Country. It is an uninhabited territory of about 201.17 meters long and “alternates between the Spanish city of Ir and the French city of Hedaye”, according to the tourism website in the area. The process of changing sovereignty is done twice a year and is marked by an official military parade, resulting from the Pyrenees Treaty. The unusual agreement, signed on November 7, 1659, ended the French -Russian war and established the desert island as a border between the two nations, essentially setting the area under Spanish control as of February 1 […]
Source: News Beast
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