What's Europe's Longest Place Name After Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?
Today, I’m on a mission. We all know the town with the longest name in Europe – it’s that one in Wales. But what's the longest place name after that? Where is the longest name on the continent? I decided to go and find it...
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Azpilkueta by Janfri - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azpilikueta_ikuspegia.jpg
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Fantastic blog post listing the world’s most hyphenated place names (spoiler: most of them are in France or Quebec) - https://panethos.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/worlds-most-hyphenated-and-commaed-city-town-names/
“The town with the longest name in Spain” by Madrid Secreto - https://madridsecreto.co/en/pueblo-name-long/
“The longest village name in Spain” by Sur In English - https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/village-longest-name-20241206075801-nt.html
“The longest geographical name in Russia” by Gateway To Russia - https://www.gw2ru.com/travel/234068-longest-geographical-name-in-russia
“Russia’s longest official village name” by How to Russia - https://howtorussia.com/a-name-that-tells-a-story-exploring-russias-longest-official-village-name/
Via Francigena official site (in English) - www.viefrancigene.org/en/
Via Francigena route map: www.gr-infos.com/en/gr145.htm
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