What’s the purpose of Twinning, when it comes to small towns in the UK?

Question

For example the town i live is ‘Twinned’ with a random town in France, but there are many local towns twinned with other towns all over Europe beyond.

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Answer 1

There’s no major reason – it’s a fun little program to encourage cooperation and community between twinned towns.

It was originally a post-WW2 thing between the UK and France, which is why most twinnings are between UK and French towns.