Cross-border town naming occurs where towns or villages with the same or equivalent names are divided between two different countries.
This does not necessarily imply that those towns or villages are located in geographic proximity or that they are located near a current border (divided cities).
Note that this list includes only places with similar names that are in someway connected (by history, geography or otherwise) across modern-day international borders.
Towns that have the same name but bear no relationship to each other are also very common but not particularly notable.
Towns and cities listed have names of a common origin across an international boundary; matching pairs across provincial or state boundaries (such as Kansas City or Lloydminster) are common but are not listed here.