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In this video we'll talk about one of the most interesting towns in Europe: the Spanish town of Llívia.
We now that the border between France and Spain has the Pheasent island which switch the ownership every six months betwen France and Spain, but this town is a Spanish exclave in France in the heart of the Pyrenees.
You may wonder how did Llívia become an exclave. Well, you'll have to see the video in order to find out.
So make sure you do not miss it.
Feel free to write your opinion about this in the commnets.
Hope you'll enjoy the video!
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Who should own this little town in France? You see, the Spanish-French border is really strange and this island that flips from one country to the other every 6 months it’s not the only odd think here. Looking at the border everything looks normal until you see this: a Spanish exclave inside France. This is the town of Pyreneessssssss, located in the region of Cerdanya and home to just 1500 people.
But why does it belong to Spain? Well, in 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, Spain agreed to give all the villages north of the line defining the Pyrenees to France. Although the French believed that Llívia would be theirs, the Spanish contested this by pointing out that Llívia was the old capital of Cerdania and there was no way to consider it a village, but rather a town. And this why it belong to Spain now. But the interesting part is that the people of Llívia do not consider themselves Spanish or French, but rather Catalans as the town is part of the Catalonia. In 2017 Independence referendum, 90% of the people in Catalonia voted for independence, but the referendum was considered illegal by the Spanish government. So

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