Do I need to leave the Schengen area between two 180-day periods?

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It is a rolling period. Within any 180 days, you may only be in the Schengen area for 90 days.

So your question is not actually applicable. You will not need to leave Schengen unless there is some 180 day period such that within that period, you were in the Schengen are for 91 days.

In your example, if you were in the Schengen area from 23/07/14 to 26/09/14 and then return on the 1st of January 2015, you can stay for 90 days starting with the 1st of January.

On the other hand, 23/07/14 to 26/09/14 in Schengen and then 27/12/14 to the 10th of April 2015 would not be allowed, as in the 180 day window starting from the 27th of December, you would be in the area for more than 90 day.

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