Twin towns- This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other. See Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities
Town Twinning was developed in Europe after the Second World War as a way to bring European people into a closer understanding of each other and to promote cross-border projects of mutual benefit. The idea is to pair towns and cities in different countries with the accent upon fostering human contacts. Twin towns often (though by no means always) have similar demographic and other characteristics. While still more popular as a concept in Europe than elsewhere, the idea has now spread to other continents; in North America the expression Sister Cities is used.
Within Europe, town twinning is now supported by the European Union. The support scheme was established in 1989. In 2003 an annual budget of about 12 million euros was allocated to about 1300 projects.
The following list is a starting point for a complete list of twinned towns. Information may not be complete even for the towns that are listed. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parenthesis. When adding a new twinning to the list, please add it under both of the countries/towns involved.
Africa
Tamale - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1979)
Asia
- Djermuk - Saint-Raphaël (Var), France (1994)
- Chiba - North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1969 twinning (http://www.cnv.org/server.aspx?c=1&i=236)))
- Kamakura - Nice, France
- Kaga - Dundas, Ontario, Canada (1967)*Nayoro (Hokkaido) - Lindsay, Ontario, Canada (1967)
- Nakayama - Temecula, California (1994)
- Niiza - Jyväskylä, Finland (1997)
- Okayama - San Jose, California (1957)
- Setagaya-ku - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1970 twinning (http://www.david-kilgour.com/secstate/canadajapan.htm))
- Seto - Limoges, France
- Wakayama - Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (1972 twinning (http://www.cic.sfu.ca/Japanese/Twinning%20Lectures/brandt.html))
- Yamagata - Kitzbühel, Austria (1963)
- Yuasa - Kerikeri, New Zealand
see under Europe, below
Australasia
Europe
- Graz - Coventry, UK (1948); Darmstadt, Germany (1968); Dubrovnik, Croatia; Groningen, Netherlands (1964); Maribor, Slovenia (1987); Montclair, New Jersey, USA (1950); Pécs, Hungary (1989); Trondheim, Norway (1968
- Innsbruck - Kraków, Poland; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1980); Tbilisi, Georgia
- Judenburg - Sherborne, UK
- Kitzbühel - Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany (1984); Greenwich, Connecticut, USA (1961); Rueil-Malmaison, France (1979); Sterzing, Italy (1971); Sun Valley, Idaho, USA (1967); Yamagata, Japan (1963)
- Linz - Chengdu, China (1983); Gwangyang, South Korea (1991); Linz am Rhein, Germany (1987)
- Salzburg - Dresden, Germany (1991)
- Vienna - Warsaw, Poland
- Antwerp - Rostock, Germany (1963)
- Arlon - Market Drayton, UK
- Braine-l'Alleud - Basingstoke and Deane, UK (1979
- Comines-Warneton - Hedge End, UK
- Diest - Breda, Netherlands (1963); Dillenburg, Germany (1963); Orange, France (1963)
- Diksmuide - Ellesmere, UK
- Gembloux - Loughborough, UK
- Ghent - Nottingham, UK (1985); Tallinn, Estonia; Wiesbaden, Germany (1969)
- Houffalize - Sherborne, UK
- Liège - Cologne, German (1958); Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- St Guilain - Christchurch, UK
- Verviers - Bradford, UK
- Sarajevo - Baku, Azerbaijan (1972); Barcelona, Spain (1996); Budapest, Hungary (1995); Bursa, Turkey (1979); Friedrichshafen, Germany (1972); Innsbruck, Austria (1980); Istanbul, Turkey (1997}; Kuwait, Kuwait (1998); Serre-Chevalier, France (1995); Stockholm, Sweden (1997); Tirana, Albania (1996); Tripoli, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1976); Wolfsburg, Germany (1985)
- Aalborg - Edinburgh, UK (1964); Fredrikstad, Norway (1951); Fuglefjord, Faroe Islands (1986); Galway, Ireland (1997); Haifa, Israel (1972); Húsavík, Iceland (1996); Lancaster, UK (1977); Nuuk, Greenland (2002); Rapperswil, Switzerland (1968); Rendsburg, Germany (1967); Riga, Latvia (1989); Solvang, California - Aalborg (1971); Vilnius, Lithuania (1997); Varna, Bulgaria (1976); Wismar, Germany (1961)
- Århus - Rostock, Germany (1964); Swansea, UK
- Esbjerg - Jyväskylä, Finland (1947)
- Helsingør - Gdańsk, Poland
- Hillerød - Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
- Jyväskylä - Esbjerg, Denmark (1947); Eskilstuna, Sweden (1947); Debrecen, Hungary (1970); Yaroslavl, Russia (1966); Fjardabyggd, Iceland (1958); Niiza, Japan (1997); Potsdam, Germany (1985); Poznań, Poland (1974)
- Lappeenranta - Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1985)
- Karkkila - Sherborne, UK
- Mänttä - Ronneby, Sweden
- Pori - Eger, Hungary
- Tampere - Miskolc, Hungary
- Turku - Gdańsk, Poland
- Vaasa - Kiel, Germany
also try searching for in the French AskFactMaster.Com
- Alençon - - Basingstoke and Deane, UK
- Annonay - Chelmsford, UK
- Aregenteuil - Dessau, Germany (1959)
- Aubergenville - Horndean, UK
- Authie et Carpiquet - North Baddesley, UK
- Avignon - Colchester, UK
- Barentin - Petersfield, UK
- Besançon - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (1959); Tver, Russia
- Béziers - Stockport, UK (1972)
- Bordeaux - Bristol, UK (1947); ville de Québec, Canada (1962)
- Bourgoin Jallieu - Luton, UK
- Brest - Béjaïa, Algeria (2001); Cádiz, Spain (1986); Kiel, Germany (1964); Plymouth, UK (1963)
- Bretteville - Sway, UK
- Bricquebec - Alresford, UK
- Chatenay-Malabry - Wellington (Telford), UK
- Combes-la-Ville - Oswestry, UK
- Conteleu - New Milton & District, UK
- Contrexéville - Llandrindod Wells, UK
- Coutances - Ilkley, UK
- Crouay - Braishfield, UK
- Die - Wirksworth, UK
- Dunkirk - Krefeld, Germany (1974); Riga, Latvia (1960); Rostock, Germany (1960)
- Eaubonne - Matlock, UK
- Epinal - Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1964); Loughborough, UK
- Fismes - Wem, UK
- Fondettes - Naurod, Germany (1975)
- Giat - Baschurch, UK
- Gorron - Hayling Island, UK
- Grenoble - Catania, Italy (1961); Chişinău, Moldova (1977); Constantine, Algeria (1999); Halle an der Saale, Germany (1976}; Phoenix, Arizona, USA (1990); Rehovot, Israel (1984); Stendal, Germany (1992)
- Harnes, Loanhead, Scotland
- La Chevrolière - Lyndhurst, UK
- La Ferté-Macé - Ludlow, UK
- Laon - Winchester, UK
- Le Havre - Southampton, UK
- Liévin - Hohenlimburg, Germany
- Lille - Cologne, Germany (1958); Nablus, Palestine (1998)
- Marcq-en-Barœul - Ealing, UK (1991)
- Limoges - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (1992); Seto, Japan
- Lorient - Ludwigshafen, Germany, (1963); Vigo, Spain
- Lyon - Birmingham, UK
- Manéglise - Swanmore, UK
- Maromme - Oadby and Wigston, UK
- Machecoul - Shifnal, UK
- Marseille - Hamburg, Germany; Gdańsk, Poland
- Mauves-sur-Loire - Hythe & Dibden, UK
- Melun - Spelthorne, UK (1990)
- Meriadec - Redruth, UK
- Metz - Gloucester, UK; Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (2001); Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Meuden - Rushmoor, UK
- Montebeliard - Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Montpellier - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1956)
- Nantes - Seattle, Washington, USA
- Neuchatel-en-Bray - Whitchurch, UK
- Nice - Cape Town, South Africa; Edinburgh, UK; Gdańsk, Poland; Houston, Texas, USA; Kamakura, Japan; Laval, Canada; Miami, Florida, USA; Netanya, Israel; Nuremberg, Germany; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Yalta, Ukraine
- Orange - Diest, Belgium (1963)
- Paimpol - Romsey, UK
- Paris - Berlin, Germany (1987)
- Pau - Swansea, UK
- Pezenas - Market Drayton, UK
- Pierrefitte-sur-Seine - Braintree, UK; Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany
- Plumergat - Redruth, UK
- Poitiers - Northampton, UK
- Poligny - Schopfheim, Germany
- Rennes - Almaty, Kazakhstan; Exeter, UK
- Riorges - Elland, UK
- Roanne - Guadalajara, Spain (1980); Montevarchi, Italy (1988); Nuneaton and Bedworth, UK (1956)
- Roncq - Todmorden, UK
- Roubaix - Bradford, UK
- Rouen - Gdańsk, Poland Norwich, UK
- Royan - Gosport, UK
- Rueil-Malmaison - Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany (1975), Kitzbühel, Austria (1979), Elmbridge, UK (1966)
- Ryes - Michelmersh & Timsbury, UK
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer - Emsworth, UK
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau - Bishops Waltham, UK
- Saint-Étienne - Coventry, UK (1955)
- Saint-Georges-Montcocq - Bransgore, UK
- Saint-Jean-Brevelay - Botley, UK
- Saint-Marcel - Bishop's Castle, UK
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives - Ivybridge, UK (1972)
- Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise - Hebden Bridge, UK
- Saint-Raphaël (Var) - Djermuk, Armenia
- Saint-Vigor-le-Grand - Colden Common, UK
- Sauve - Broughton, UK
- Serre-Chevalier - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995)
- Sourdeval - Odiham, UK
- Strasbourg - Boston, USA (1960); Leicester, UK (1960); Stuttgart, Germany (1962); Dresde, Germany (1990); Ramat-Gan, Israël (1991); Jacmel, Haïti (1996); Fès, Morocco; Novgorod, Russia
- Thiers - Bridgnorth, UK
- Troyes - Zielona Góra, Poland
- Val d'Oison - Clanfield, UK
- Vannes - Fareham, UK
- Vierzon - Barcelos, Portugal; Bitterfeld, Germany; Develi, Turkey; Dongxihu, China; El Jadida, Morocco; Hereford, UK
- Vimoutiers - Fordingbridge, UK
- Vitré - Lymington, UK
- Yvetot - Lesmahagow, UK (1975)
also try searching for in the German AskFactMaster.Com
- Aalen - Christchurch, UK
- Aachen - Halifax, England
- Aschaffenburg - Miskolc, Hungary
- Backnang - Chelmsford, England
- Bad Homburg - Exeter, UK (1965)
- Bad Soden am Taunus - Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic (1992), Kitzbühel, Austria (1984), Rueil-Malmaison, France (1975)
- Bad Vilbel - Glossop, UK
- Battenberg - Romsey, UK
- Bergisch Gladbach - Luton, UK
- Berlin - Istanbul, Turkey (1988); Los Angeles, California, USA (1967); Madrid, Spain (1988); Moscow, Russia (1990); Paris, France (1987); Warsaw, Poland (1991)
- Berlin-Spandau - Nauen, Germany 1988 (at the time in the DDR)
- Berlin-Zehlendorf - Sderot, Israel; Szilvásvárad, Hungary
- Bitterfeld - Vierzon, France
- Bochum - Donetsk, Ukraine (1987); Nordhausen, Germany (1990); Oviedo, Spain (1980); Sheffield, UK (1950); Xuzhou, China (1994)
- Bonn - Oxford, UK (1947)
- Bottrop - Blackpool, UK
- Bramsche - Todmorden, UK
- Bremen - Gdańsk, Poland (April 12, 1976)
- Cologne - Barcelona, Spain {1984; Bethlehem, Palestine (1996); Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (1958); Istanbul, Germany (1997); Katowice, Poland (1991); Liège, Belgium (1958); Lille, France (1958); Liverpool, UK (1952); Thessaloniki, Greece (1988)
- Cottbus - Grosseto, Italy (1967); Košice, Slovakia (1978); Nuneaton and Bedworth, UK (1999)
- Darmstadt - Graz, Austria (1968); Liepaja, Latvia (1993); Plock, POland (1988); Saanen, Switzerland (1993); Szeged, Hungary (1990); Trondheim, Norway (1968); Uzhhorod, Ukraine (1992)
- Dessau - Aregenteuil, France (1959)
- Dillenburg - Diest, Belgium (1963)
- Dorsten - Crawley, UK
- Dresden - Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (1975); Columbus, Ohio, USA (1992); Coventry, UK (1959); Florence, Italy (1971); Rotterdam, Netherlands (1988}; Salzburg, Austria (1991)
- Duisburg - Wuhan, China (April 25, 1986); Portsmouth, UK
- Düsseldorf - Warsaw, Poland; Reading, UK (First link: 1947; Official twinning: 1975)
- Eisenhüttenstadt - Saarlouis, Germany
- Erlangen - Eskilstuna, Sweden (1961)
- Euskirchen - Basingstoke and Deane, UK
- Fellbach - Pécs, Hungary (1986)
- Frankfurt - Birmingham, UK (1966); Lyon, France (1960); Milan, Italy (1971); Guangzhou, China (1988); Budapest, Hungary (1990); Praha, Czech Republic (1990); Granada, Nicaragua (1991); Kraków, Poland (1991)
- Frankfurt-Nieder-Eschbach - Deuil-la-Barre, France (1967)
- Freiburg im Breisgau - Besançon, France (1959); Granada, Spain (1991); Guildford, UK (1979); Isfahan, Iran (2000)
- Friedrichshafen - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1972)
- Gießen - Winchester, UK
- Halle an der Saale - Grenoble, France (1976}
- Hamburg - Saint Petersburg, Russia (1957)
- Hannover - Bristol, UK (1947)
- Heidelberg - Cambridge, UK
- Heilbronn - Stockport, UK (1982)
- Hemmingen - Lesmahagow, UK (1975)
- Hemsbach - Wareham, UK
- Holzwickede - Weymouth, UK
- Iserlohn - Nyíregyháza, Hungary
- Karlsruhe - Krasnodar, Russia
- Kiel - Brest, France (1964); Coventry, UK; Gdynia, Poland; Kaliningrad, Russia; Sovetsk, Russia; Stralsund, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; Vaasa, Finland
- Kitzingen - Montevarchi, Italy; Prades, Spain
- Kötzting - Sherborne, UK
- Krefeld- Dunkirk, France (1974); Leicester, UK; Leiden, Netherlands
- Kreis_Steinfurt - Ealing, UK
- Langenhagen - Southwark, UK
- Liederbach am Taunus - Verwood, UK
- Lindlar - Shaftesbury, UK
- Linz am Rhein - Linz, Austria (1987)
- Lubbecke - Dorchester, UK
- Lüdenscheid - Brighouse, UK
- Ludwigsburg - Montebeliard, France (1951)
- Ludwigshafen - Lorient, France (1963)
- Mainz - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1977)
- Mannheim - Bydgoszcz, Poland (1991); Chişinău, Moldova (1989); Klaipeda, Lithuania, ([2002]]); Zhenjiang, China (2004)
- Marburg - Northampton, UK
- Mönchengladbach - Bradford, UK
- Mosbach - Lymington, UK
- Nauen - Berlin-Spandau, Germany
- Naurod - Fondettes, France (1975)
- Neustrelitz - Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1988)
- Norderstedt - Oadby and Wigston, UK
- Nordhausen - Bochum, Germany
- Nuremberg - Glasgow, UK; Nice, France; Kraków, Poland
- Oberursel - Rushmoor, UK
- Ochsenfurt - Wimborne, UK
- Passau - Hackensack, New Jersey, USA (1952)
- Potsdam - Jyväskylä, Finland (1985)
- Preetz - Blandford, UK
- Pulheim - Fareham, UK
- Rendsburg - Aalborg, Denmark (1967); Haapsalu, Estonia (1989); Hereford, UK (1950)
- Reutlingen - Aarau, Switzerland (1986); Szolnok, Hungary (1990)
- Rüdersdorf bei Berlin - Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, France
- Rostock - Antwerp, Belgium (1963); Århus, Denmark (1964); Bergen, Norway (1965); Dunkirk, France (1960)
- Rudesheim - Swanage, UK
- Saarlouis - Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany (1982; at the time in the GDR)
- Schopfheim - Poligny, France
- Schrobenhausen - Bridgnorth, UK
- Schwäbisch Hall - Epinal, France (1964); Loughborough, UK (1966); Lappeenranta, Finland (1985); Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (1988); Zamość, Poland (1989)
- Sindelfingen - Dronfield, UK
- Spandau - Luton, UK
- Stendal - Grenoble, France (1992)
- Stralsund - Kiel, Germany
- Verden - Bagrationovsk, Russia (1966); Górowo Iławeckie, Poland (1996; Warwick, UK (1990); Zielona Góra, Poland (1993}
- Viersen - Kaniv, Ukraine (1996
- Warendorf - Petersfield, UK
- Warstein - Hebden Bridge, UK
- Westerburg - Daventry, UK
- Wiesbaden - Ghent, Belgium (1969); Montreux, Switzerland (1953); Tunbridge Wells, UK (1989)
- Wismar - Aalborg, Denmark (1961)
- Wolfsburg - Luton, UK; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1985)
- Wuppertal - Beer Sheva, Israel (September 29, 1977)
(See North American cities)
- Budapest - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995)
- Debrecen - Jyväskylä, Finland (1970)
- Eger - Pori, Finland
- Miskolc - Aschaffenburg, Germany; Cleveland, USA; Katowice, Poland; Kosice, Slovakia; Ostrava, Czech Republic; Tampere, Finland, Vologda, Russia
- Nyíregyháza - Iserlohn, Germany; Kajaani, Finland; Presov, Slovakia; Qiryat Motzkin, Israel; Rzeszow, Poland; Satu Mare, Romania; St Albans, United Kingdom; Uzhhorod, Ukraine
- Pécs - Fellbach, Germany; Graz, Austria (1989)
- Szeged - Cambridge, UK; Darmstadt, Germany (1990)
- Szilvásvárad - Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany
- Szolnok - Reutlingen, Germany (1990)
- Tatabanya - Christchurch, UK
- Bellagio - Sherborne, UK
- Catania - Grenoble, France (1961)
- Florence - Dresden, Germany (1971); Edinburgh, UK (1964)
- Grosseto - Cottbus, Germany (1967)
- Milan - Birmingham, UK
- Montevarchi - Kitzingen, Germany; Roanne, France (1988)
- San Gimignano - Sherborne, UK
- San Pietro in Cariano - Ludlow, UK
- Sterzing - Kitzbühel, Austria (1971)
- Terracina - Exeter, UK
- Turin - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Breda - Diest, Belgium (1963)
- Gouda - Gloucester, UK (1972)
- Groningen - Graz, Austria (1964)
- Leiden - Oxford, UK; Toruñ, Poland; Juigalpa, Nicaragua; Buffalo City, South Africa; Krefeld, Germany
- Leidschendam-Voorburg, Temecula, California, USA (1993)
- Meerssen - Sherborne, UK
- Rotterdam - Dresden, Germany (1988}; Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; Gdańsk, Poland
- The Hague - Warsaw, Poland
- Zutphen - Shrewsbury, UK
- Bydgoszcz - Mannheim, Germany (1991)
- Chojna - Sherborne, UK
- Gdańsk - Astana, Kazakhstan; Barcelona, Spain; Bremen, Germany; Cleveland, USA; Helsingør, Denmark; Kaliningrad, Russia; Kalmar, Sweden; Marseille, France; Nice, France; Odessa, Ukraine; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Rouen, France; Sefton, UK; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Turku, Finland; Vilnius, Lithuania
- Górowo Iławeckie - Verden, Germany (1996)
- Gdynia - Kiel, Germany
- Katowice - Cologne, Germany (1991; Miskolc, Hungary
- Kraków - Innsbruck, Austria; Nuremberg, Germany; Kyiv, Ukraine
- Lublin - Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Płock - Darmstadt, Germany (1998)
- Poznań - Jyväskylä, Finland (1974)
- Rzeszów - Nyíregyháza, Hungary
- Warsaw - Astana, Kazakhstan; Berlin, Germany; Coventry, UK (1957); Düsseldorf, Germany; Kyiv, Ukraine; Moscow, Russia; Riga, Latvia; Saint Petersburg, Russia (1997); The Hague, Netherlands; Vienna, Austria; Vilnius, Lithuania; Toronto, Canada (http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/poland/section2c-en.asp)
- Bielany - Ealing, UK (2002)
- Toruñ - Leiden, Netherlands
- Wrocław - Guadalajara, Mexico; Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
- Zamość - Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1989)
- Zielona Góra - Nitra Slovakia; Troyes, France; Verden, Germany (1993)
- Bagrationovsk - Verden, Germany (1966)
- Kaliningrad - Gdańsk, Poland; Kiel, Germany
- Krasnodar - Karlsruhe, Germany
- Moscow - Berlin, Germany (1990); Warsaw, Poland
- Perm - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1994)
- Rostov on Don - Glasgow, UK
- Saint Petersburg - Gdańsk, Poland; Hamburg, Germany; Nice, France; Warsaw, Poland (1997)
- Sovetsk - Kiel, Germany
- Tver - Besançon, France
- Vologda - Miskolc, Hungary
- Yaroslavl - Exeter, UK; Jyväskylä, Finland (1966)
- Yekaterinburg - San Jose, California, USA (1992)
- Almansa - Lymington, UK
- Alcalá de Henares - Alba Iulia, Romania; Peterborough, UK
- Altea - Sherborne, UK
- Barcelona - Cologne, Barcelona (1984}; Gdańsk, Poland; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996)
- Cádiz - Brest, France (1986)
- Granada - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (1991
- Guadalajara - Roanne, France (1980)
- Madrid - Berlin, Germany (1988)
- Oviedo - Bochum, Germany
- Prades - Kitzingen, Germany
- San Sebastián - Daira de Bojador, Western Sahara
- Vigo - Lorient, France
see under Asia, above
(Arranged by ceremonial county)
- Redruth - Meriadec, France; Plumergat, France
- Ashburton - Ardmore, Ireland; Cleder, France; Ashburton, New Zealand
- Barnstaple - Barnstable, USA; Trouville, France
- Bideford - Landivisiau, France
- Exeter - Bad Homburg, Germany (1965); Rennes, France; Terracina, Italy; Yaroslavl, Russia
- Hartland - Plozevet, France
- Ivybridge - Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, France (1972)
- Plymouth - Brest, France (1963); Novorossiysk, Russia; Gdynia, Poland; San Sebastian, Spain
- South Molton - Livarot, France
- Blandford - Preetz, Germany
- Bournemouth - Lucerne, Switzerland; Netanya, Israel
- Christchurch - Aalen, Germany; St Guilain, Belgium; Tatabanya, Hungary
- Dorchester - Holbæk, Denmark; Lubbecke, Germany
- Shaftesbury - Lindlar, Germany
- Sherborne - Altea, Spain; Bellagio, Italy; Bundoran, Republic of Ireland; Chojna, Poland; Holstebro, Denmark; Houffalize, Belgium; Judenburg, Austria; Karkkila, Finland; Kötzting, Germany; Meerssen, Holland; Niederanven, Luxembourg; Oxelösund, Sweden; Preveza, Greece; San Gimignano, Italy; Sesimbra, Portugal
- Swanage - Rudesheim, Germany
- Verwood - Liederbach am Taunus, Germany
- Wareham - Hemsbach, Germany
- Weymouth - Holzwickede, Germany
- Wimborne Minster - Ochsenfurt, Germany
- Alresford - Bricquebec, France
- Basingstoke and Deane - Alençon, France; Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium (1979; Euskirchen, Germany
- Bishops Waltham - Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau, France
- Botley - Saint-Jean-Brevelay, France
- Braishfield - Crouay, France
- Bransgore - Saint-Georges-Montcocq, France
- Broughton - Sauve, France
- Clanfield - Val d'Oison, France
- Colden Common - Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, France
- Emsworth - Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France
- Fareham - Pulheim, Germany; Vannes, France
- Fordingbridge - Vimoutiers, France
- Gosport - Royan, France
- Hayling Island - Gorron, France
- Hedge End - Comines-Warneton, Belgium
- Horndean - Aubergenville, France
- Hythe & Dibden - Mauves-sur-Loire, France
- Lymington - Almansa, Spain; Mosbach, Germany; Vitré, France
- Lyndhurst - La Chevrolière, France
- Michelmersh & Timsbury - Ryes, France
- New Milton & District - Conteleu, France
- North Baddesley - Authie et Carpiquet, France
- Odiham - Sourdeval, France
- Petersfield - Barentin, France; Warendorf, Germany
- Portsmouth - Duisburg, Germany
- Romsey - Paimpol, France; Battenberg, Germany
- Rushmoor - Meuden, France; Oberursel, Germany
- Southampton - Le Havre, France
- Swanmore - Manéglise, France
- Sway - Bretteville, France
- Winchester - Gießen, Germany; Laon, France
- Leicester - Chongqing, China; Krefeld, Germany; Masaya, Nicaragua; Rajkot, India; Strasbourg, France
- Loughborough - Gembloux, Belgium; Epinal, France; Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1966); Bhavnagar, India
- Oadby and Wigston - Maromme, France; Norderstedt, Germany
- Baschurch - Giat, France
- Bishop's Castle - Saint-Marcel, France (Easter 2004)
- Bridgnorth - Schrobenhausen, Germany; Thiers, France
- Ellesmere - Diksmuide, Belgium
- Ludlow - La Ferté-Macé, France; San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
- Market Drayton - Arlon, Belgium; Pezenas, France
- Oswestry - Combes-la-Ville, France
- Shifnal - Machecoul, France
- Shrewsbury - Zutphen, Netherlands
- Wellington (Telford) - Chatenay-Malabry, France
- Wem - Fismes, France
- Whitchurch - Neuchatel-en-Bray, France
- Birmingham - Chicago, USA; Frankfurt, Germany; Johannesburg, South Africa; Lyon, France; Milan, Italy
- Coventry - Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (1957); Cornwall, Canada (1972); Coventry, New York, USA (1972); Dresden, Germany (1959); Graz, Austria (1948); Kiel, Germany; Kingston, Jamaica (1962); Lidice, Czech Republic (1947); Parkes, Australia (1956); Saint-Étienne, France (1955), Warsaw, Poland (1957); Windsor, Canada (1963)
- Bradford - Galway, Ireland (1986); Mönchengladbach, Germany; Roubaix, France; Skopje, Macedonia; Verviers, Belgium
- Brighouse - Lüdenscheid, Germany
- Elland, Riorges, France
- Halifax - Aachen, Germany
- Hebden Bridge - Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France ; Warstein, Germany
- Ilkley - Coutances, France
- Todmorden - Bramsche, Germany; Roncq, France
North America
- Richmond - Wakayama, Japan (1972 twinning (http://www.cic.sfu.ca/Japanese/Twinning%20Lectures/brandt.html)) and Richmond - Pierrefonds, Québec (1967 Canadian Centennial)
- N. Vancouver - Chiba, Japan (1969 twinning (http://www.cnv.org/server.aspx?c=1&i=236)))
- Winnipeg - Setagaya-ku, Japan (1970 twinning (http://www.david-kilgour.com/secstate/canadajapan.htm))
- Cornwall - Coventry, UK (1972)
- Ottawa - Catania, Italy (2003 twinning (http://www.adnkronos.com/news/prod/bolletti/history/2003/giugno/miigiu1.htm)) and Hull - Edmonton, Alberta
- Dundas - Kaga, Japan (1967)
- Lindsay - Nayoro (Hokkaido), Japan (1967)
- Toronto - Warsaw, Poland twinning (http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/poland/section2c-en.asp)
- Windsor - Coventry, UK (1963), and Windsor - Lublin, Poland
- Laval - Nice, France
- Montréal - Lucknow, India (2000 twinning (http://www.mastindia.com/montreal.html))
- Québec - Bordeaux, France (1962)
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