Pheasant Island nationality changes every six months

• Europe’s Pheasant Island is one of these places.
• It has a unique deal with two countries that means it changes its nationality every six months.
• The island itself is not a tourist attraction and has no people living on it.

There are many different places in the world, and some of them often make us laugh with interesting facts that not everyone knows. It could be the people who live there, the animals that live there, or the land itself. Europe’s Pheasant Island is one of these places.

It has a unique deal with two countries which means it changes its nationality every six months.

The island itself is not a tourist attraction and has no people living on it. But people do visit the island every year, maybe to brag to their friends that they have been to a piece of land that changes nationality every six months.

The Treaty of Pyrenees was signed in 1659, and the deal was made official when the daughter of the Spanish king married the French king.

The treaty not only said that Pheasant Island was neutral territory, but it also said that the two countries would take turns sharing the island.

From February 1 to July 31, the island was under Spanish administration, then French. The two countries still practise consular sovereignty.

According to the reports, the naval commanders of San Sebastian and Bayonne are viceroys of the island. Irun and Hendaye’s mayors take turns caring for the island because they have higher responsibilities.

The island is just over 200 metres long and 40 metres wide, and people are only allowed to visit on heritage open days.

Benoit Ugartemendia, who runs the parks division for the local council of Hendaye, says that it only interests older people and that most young people don’t know how important the island’s history is.

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