Which Countries Border Spain?
Spain shares land borders with five distinct entities on the Iberian Peninsula and its African enclaves:
- Portugal — to the west (the longest uninterrupted border in the EU).
- France — to the northeast, separated by the Pyrenees mountains.
- Andorra — a tiny independent principality also in the Pyrenees, nestled between Spain and France.
- Gibraltar (UK) — a British Overseas Territory on the southern tip, controlling the entrance to the Mediterranean.
- Morocco — via the Spanish autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the North African coast.
Additionally, Spain has maritime borders with Algeria and Italy (via the Balearic Islands).