Miasta podzielone w Europie
Divided towns in Europe

Summary/Abstract: Divided towns have got a long history in Europe, although it was only after 1990 that researchers started to show greater interest in this type of settlements. They have appeared as a result of changes in the course of state boundaries, largely caused by the two world wars or by the disintegration of some states. Divided towns are characteristic of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe, where the fluidity of boundaries and changes in the territorial ranges of states have been the greatest. This paper describes general features of the divided towns in Europe, focusing on their genesis, typology, and synthetic characterisation based on size criteria.

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