Twin Towns and Sister Cities
Irkutsk has the following sister/twin city/town relationships:
- Ulan Bator, Mongolia
- Shenyang, China
- Kanazawa, Japan
- Eugene, United States
- Novi Sad, Serbia
- Pforzheim, Germany
- Évian-les-Bains, France
- Strömsund, Sweden
- Pordenone, Italy
- Grenoble, France
- Dijon, France
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