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The Portugal–Spain border is 1,234 km (767 mi) long, and is the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union, being free of border control since March 26, 1995 (the effective date of the Schengen Agreement), with a few temporary exceptions, such as in the 2020 lockdown caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Spain is one of only three countries, along with France and Morocco, to have coastlines on both the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The Portugal–Spain border, stretching 1,214 km (754 mi), is the longest continuous border within the European Union. As a matter of fact, the total length of the border shared by Spain reaches 1,928 kilometres (1,198 ...
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [ 1 ] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders.
This is a list of the busiest land border checkpoints in the world, handling more than 35 million travelers in both directions annually. These travelers (or individual crossings) comprise pedestrians, drivers and vehicle passengers. International border checkpoints are in green. Notes:
Border between Spain and Portugal, parties to the Schengen Agreement.Their border is marked with a simple sign and no passport checks or customs controls. An open border is a border that enables free movement of people (and often of goods) between jurisdictions with no restrictions on movement and is lacking substantive border control.
Border crossings of Spain (5 C) Territorial disputes of Spain (2 C, 19 P) A. Andorra–Spain border (1 C, 5 P) C. ... Portugal–Spain border; S. Customs Surveillance ...
Rimmed by mountains, the Meseta Central slopes gently to the west and to the series of rivers that form some of the border with Portugal. [3] The Sistema Central, described as the "dorsal spine" of the Meseta Central, divides the Meseta into northern and southern subregions, the former higher in elevation and smaller in area than the latter. [3]
If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.