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The case of Tunisia shows that identity and territory have a similar process and mutually reinforce each other through appropriation and individualisation via an internalised double sense of belonging. That sense of belonging is multiscalar and identity has a variable geometry according to circumstance. Although there are several scales of ethnocultural identity reference, two predominate: the local and the national. Territory forges, expresses and strengthens identity through the spatial materiality that ensures its continuation and reproduction. The life space and the identity reference space vary according to the environment, personal relationships and the size of the city.