Transfer

National Transfer

Definition

The transfer of part of the territory of one municipality to another, without receiving territory in return, within the same country.

Implication of the change

Before (year t):

• Municipalities A (with id 1¹) and B (with id 2) exist as separate entities, each with its own name, id, and territory.

After (year t + 1):

• Municipality A transferred one part of its territory to Municipality B, without receiving any territory in return, within the same country.
• Municipality A and B didn’t change their names or ids.

Visual overview

The number of municipal units involved is indicated in brackets under each description.

Example

Since 2017, the municipality (kommune in Norway) of Stokke (id 5301) transferred one part of its territory to municipality Tønsberg (id 0704), without receiving territory in return, within the same country. Municipalities Stokke and Tønsberg retained both its name and id (source). The case was registered in the metadata dataset under the id: no-t-1-2016-2017.

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National Exchange

Definition

The one-time exchange of territories between two municipalities within the same country.

Implication of the change

Before (year t):

• Municipalities A (with id 1) and B (with id 2) exist as separate entities, each with its own name, id, and territory.

After (year t + 1):

• Municipality A transferred part of its territory to Municipality B and, at the same time, received part of Municipality B’s territory in return, within the same country.
• Municipality A and B didn’t change their names or ids.

Visual overview

The number of municipal units involved is indicated in brackets under each description.

Example

Since 2021, the municipality (gmina in Poland) Świdnica (id 0809072) transferred one part of its territory to municipality Zielona Góra (id 0862011), and, at the same time, received part of Municipality Zielona Góra’s territory (id 0862011) in return. Municipalities Świdnica and Zielona Góra (id 0862011) retained both its name and id (source). The case was registered in the metadata dataset under: pl-t-32-2020-2021.

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International Transfer

Definition

The transfer of part of the territory of one municipality from one country to another municipality in a neighboring country, without receiving territory in return.

Implication of the change

Before (year t):

• Municipalities A (with id 1) and B (with id 2) exist as separate entities, each with its own name, id, and territory.

After (year t + 1):

• Municipality A from one country transferred part of its territory to Municipality B in a neighboring country, without receiving any territory in return.
• Municipality A and B didn’t change their names or ids.

Visual overview

Example

Example: Since 2018, the area of the municipality of Piran (ID 090) changed due to a territorial transfer across national borders (Slovenia and Croatia). Parts of the settle- ments Parecag and Seˇcovlje (municipality of Buje in Croatia) were eliminated from the national territory of the Republic of Slovenia and incorporated into the national territory of the Republic of Croatia, without any territory being transferred in return (Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 2017). This case represents an international territorial transfer between two countries, formally confirmed by legislation only on the part of Slovenia. Case ID: sl-tt-28-2018-2019

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International Exchange

Definition

The one-time exchange of territories between two municipalities from neighboring countries.

Implication of the change

Before (year t):

• Municipalities A (with id 1) and B (with id 2) exist as separate entities, each with its own name, id, and territory.

After (year t + 1):

• Municipality A from one country transferred part of its territory to Municipality B from a neighboring country and, at the same time, received part of Municipality B’s territory in return.
• Municipality A and B didn’t change their names or ids.

Visual overview

The number of municipal units involved is indicated in brackets under each description.

Example

Example: Since 2018, the municipality of Lendava experienced a reciprocal territorial exchange across national borders. A part of the settlement Pince-Marof was eliminated from the national territory of the Republic of Slovenia and incorporated into the national territory of the Republic of Croatia, while parts of the settlements Pince-Marof and Brezovec were eliminated from the national territory of the Republic of Croatia and incorporated into the national territory of the Republic of Slovenia. The municipality of Lendava retained both its name and ID (Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 2017). This case represents an international territorial exchange between two countries, formally confirmed by legislation only on the part of Slovenia. Case ID: sl-te-25-2018-2019

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References

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1. By id we mean code identifier of the municipality. ↩