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Baarle-Nassau

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Topographic map of the municipality of Baarle-Nassau, June 2015

Baarle-Nassau (Template:IPA) is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. It had a population of Template:Dutch municipality population in Template:As of. The town is the site of a complicated borderline between Belgium and the Netherlands: it encloses 22 small exclaves of the Belgian town Baarle-Hertog, of which the two largest contain seven counter-enclaves of Baarle-Nassau, and the main body of Belgium contains another.

Geography

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The border with Baarle-Hertog, Belgium

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Baarle-Nassau is closely linked, with complicated borders, to the Belgian exclaves of Baarle-Hertog. Baarle-Hertog consists of 26 separate parcels of land. Apart from the main parcel, known as Zondereigen and located north of the Belgian town of Merksplas, there are 22 Belgian exclaves in the Netherlands and three other parcels on the Dutch-Belgian border. There are also six Dutch exclaves located within the largest Belgian exclave, one within the second-largest, and an eighth within Zondereigen. The smallest Belgian parcel, H7, locally named Template:Lang, measures Template:Convert.

The border's complexity results from numerous medieval treaties, agreements, land-swaps and sales between the Lords of Breda and the Dukes of Brabant. Generally speaking, predominantly agricultural or built environments became constituents of Brabant, while other parts devolved to Breda. These distributions were ratified and clarified as a part of the borderline settlements arrived at during the Treaty of Maastricht in 1843.

For clarification and the interest of tourists, the border is made visible on all streets with iron pins. This way it is always clear whether one is in Belgium (Baarle-Hertog) or in the Netherlands (Baarle-Nassau). This is also visible on the house numbers: the style of house numbers is different in both countries, and often the Dutch or Belgian flag next to the house number indicates which country it belongs to.

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Belgian and Dutch territory in Baarle-Nassau
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Border between Netherlands and Belgium in Baarle-Nassau.

Localities

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List of enclaves

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Dutch enclaves

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These are all part of Baarle-Nassau municipality.

Serial no. and local name <ref name=Whyte2>Template:Cite book</ref> Area (ha) area

acre

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Template:Flagicon N1, Template:Lang 5.3667 13.2617 Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; contains a mix of dwellings and farmland; boundary of N1 and H1 runs through one building.
Template:Flagicon N2, Template:Lang 1.3751 3.3981 Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; contains 8 dwellings.
Template:Flagicon N3, Template:Lang 0.2863 0.7075 Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; boundary of N3 and H1 bisects the loading dock of a liquor store.
Template:Flagicon N4, Template:Lang 1.2324 3.0454 Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; boundary of N4 and H1 runs through a warehouse, with vacant Dutch land to the rear of the warehouse.
Template:Flagicon N5, Template:Lang 1.9212 4.7475 Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; boundary of N5 and H1 runs through a furniture showroom, a shed and a barn.
Template:Flagicon N6, Template:Lang 1.4527 3.5898 Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; consists of farmland with two buildings.
Template:Flagicon N7, Template:Lang 0.5812 1.4363 Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian Oordeel exclave H8, in Baarle-Hertog; occupies part of a field.
Template:Flagicon N8, Template:Lang 2.8528 7.0496 Farmland enclave situated within Zondereigen, Belgium, less than 50 meters south of the Dutch border.

Belgian enclaves

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These are all part of Baarle-Hertog municipality, and are surrounded by Baarle-Nassau municipality (Netherlands).

Serial no. and local name<ref name="Whyte2"/> Area (ha) area

acre

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Template:Flagicon H1, Template:Lang 153.6448 379.6717 Forms a quadripoint with enclave H2; largest Belgian exclave; encompasses six Dutch enclaves; consists of dwellings for the most part, with outlying farmland and an industrial area; boundary runs through numerous buildings; contains a portion of the former Turnhout-Tilburg rail line, now a cycle path.
Template:Flagicon H2, Template:Lang 2.4116 5.9594 Consists of farmland with a single point of connection (quadripoint) between enclaves H1 and H2 in the middle of a corn field.
Template:Flagicon H3, Template:Lang 0.3428 0.8471 Occupies part of a field; boundary runs through a shed in one instance.
Template:Flagicon H4, Template:Lang 1.476 3.6474 Consists of farmland; boundary runs through a house and three sheds.
Template:Flagicon H5, Template:Lang 0.9245 2.2846 Consists of farmland with a dwelling.
Template:Flagicon H6, Template:Lang 1.7461 4.3148 Mixed land usage; boundary runs through a warehouse/factory.
Template:Flagicon H7, Template:Lang 0.2469 0.6102 Boundary runs through two dwellings, including the middle of one front door (giving it two house numbers: Loveren 2, Baarle-Hertog / Loveren 19, Baarle-Nassau).
Template:Flagicon H8, Template:Lang 41.8781 103.485 Second-largest Belgian exclave, contains a mix of dwellings and farmland; boundary runs through a barn, a dwelling and two businesses.
Template:Flagicon H9, Template:Lang 0.4005 0.9897 Boundary runs through a printing factory/warehouse in an industrial area.
Template:Flagicon H10, Template:Lang 0.65 1.6063 Consists of farmland.
Template:Flagicon H11, Template:Lang 0.93 2.2982 Consists of farmland.
Template:Flagicon H12, Template:Lang 0.2822 0.6974 Consists of farmland.
Template:Flagicon H13, Template:Lang 1.5346 3.7922 Boundary runs through about 20 dwellings.
Template:Flagicon H14, Template:Lang 0.7193 1.7774 Boundary runs through about 13 dwellings.
Template:Flagicon H15, Template:Lang 1.7211 4.2531 Boundary runs through about 16 dwellings.
Template:Flagicon H16, Template:Lang 4.4252 10.9352 Boundary runs through a house and three sheds, with the linear boundary changing direction three times inside just one shed.
Template:Flagicon H17, Template:Lang 14.9248 36.8807 Rural area containing a portion of the former Turnhout-Tilburg rail line, now a cycle path.
Template:Flagicon H18, Template:Lang 2.9247 7.2273 Consists of farmland.
Template:Flagicon H19, Template:Lang 0.6851 1.693 Consists of several ponds and a field.
Template:Flagicon H20, Template:Lang 1.1681 2.8865 Consists of farmland.
Template:Flagicon H21, Template:Lang 1.1845 2.9271 Consists of farmland.
Template:Flagicon H22, Template:Lang 0.2632 0.6504 South of the village of Ulicoten; occupies part of a field; nationality was contested from the 1830s until 1995 (remained unallocated to either country in boundary treaty of 26 April 1974)

Education

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Baarle-Nassau has two primary schools: Basisschool De Uilenpoortand and Bernardusschool, the latter in the Ulicoten section. There is a single secondary school in Baarle-Nassau, De La Salle, which has Template:Lang, lower Template:Lang, and Template:Lang levels.<ref>Template:Cite web - Under the tab "Onderwijs en kinderopvang"</ref>

It shares, with Baarle-Hertog, a joint library with Belgian and Dutch staff.<ref>"bibliotheek." Baarle-Hertog. Retrieved on January 6, 2017.</ref>

Notable people

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References

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