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France–Spain border

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Later both countries concluded agreements under the same point. In 1980 an agreement was signed to define the border into the Bielsa-Aragnouet tunnel, and 1984, during the construction of the road linking the Roncal Valley with
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Following the provisions of the treaties of Bayonne, the border is physically marked on the ground by 602 cairns showing the division between the two countries. These markers are numbered from west to east: one located on the
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between the kingdoms of Spain and France in 1659. This would be followed by the Treaty of Llivia the following year, which transferred to France the sovereignty of several villages in the valley of
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Tratados, convenios y declaraciones de paz y de comercio: que han hecho con las potencias estranjeras los monarcas españoles de la casa de Borbon : desde el año de 1700 hasta el dia
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Tratados, convenios y declaraciones de paz y de comercio: que han hecho con las potencias estranjeras los monarcas españoles de la casa de Borbon : desde el año de 1700 hasta el dia
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The final definition, that for the most part still in force, was conducted with the signing of the Bayonne Treaties between 1856 and 1868. During the mandates of the
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Border pass for Spanish farmers to access their fields on the French side. As agreed in the Bayonne treaties 1856 and 1862. Type shown introduced 1949, issued 1965.
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The Franco-Spanish border runs for 656.3 kilometres (407.8 mi) between southwestern France and northeastern Spain. It begins in the west on the
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from the number 1 at the entrance of the French road RD-68 in the enclave. Maintaining this signaling runs either on behalf of both states.
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whose sovereignty is shared between the two countries determined by if it is the first or the second half of a year.
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between the two countries were signed several agreements by which the border was established:
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located in the middle of the river has a particular border regime: the island is a
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Shortly after the start of the western border, following the course of the river
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Later there would be some agreements on specific areas: the agreement signed in
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The formal layout of the Franco-Spanish border dates back to the signing of the
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and the last in Cap Cerbere, marked with consecutive numbers and letters.
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The Treaty of 1856, establishing the boundary between the provinces of
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and the Elizondo Treaty in 1785 establishing limits on the height of
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The treaty of 1862, which marked the boundaries in the provinces of
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Another 45 cairns mark the border around Llivia; they are numbered
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The treaty of 1866, which did the same from the valley of
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defined by the Pyrenees, though with several exceptions.
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Franco-Dutch treaty on Saint Martin border controls
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Index

France-Spain border

Enclave and exclaves
Treaty of the Pyrenees
French
Spanish
Hendaye
Irun
Pyrenees
Cerbère
Portbou
Mediterranean Sea
drainage divide

Portalet d'Aneu

Marker
border
Llivia
Girona
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Pyrénées-Orientales
Bay of Biscay
Hendaye
Irun
43°22′32″N 01°47′31″W / 43.37556°N 1.79194°W / 43.37556; -1.79194
Pyrenees
Andorra
42°36′13″N 1°26′30″E / 42.60361°N 1.44167°E / 42.60361; 1.44167
42°30′09″N 01°43′34″E / 42.50250°N 1.72611°E / 42.50250; 1.72611

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