Pheasant Island
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ile des Faisans, Konpantzia, Île de l'hôpital, Ile de l'hopital, Île de la Conférence, Ile de la Conference, Isla de los Faisanes, Île des Faisans
condominium ruled alternately by France and Spain
Key facts
- Location
- Bidasoa
- Area
- 0.682 ha (1.69 acres)
- Highest elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Autonomous community
- Basque Country
- Province
- Gipuzkoa
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- exclave
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Hendaye
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.00682
- Body of water
- Bidasoa
- Form of government
- condominium
- Image
- Irun - Isla de los Faisanes sobre el río Bisasoa 01.jpg
- Width
- 0.041
- Length
- 0.224
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- Commons category
- Pheasant Island
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Encyclopedic overview
Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain meeting on Pheasant Island for the Treaty of the Pyrenees. Pheasant Island (French: Île des Faisans/Île de la Conférence, Spanish: Isla de los Faisanes, Basque: Konpantzia, Faisaien Uhartea Konferentziako Uhartea, Faisaien Irla) is an uninhabited river island located in the Bidasoa river, located between France and Spain, whose administration alternates between the two nations every six months.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pheasant Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.