Baarle-Hertog

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Baarle -Hertog (French Baerle - Duc) is a Belgian municipality located in the province of Antwerp. On January 1, 2012 Baarle -Hertog had 2592 inhabitants. The total area is 7.48 km ², resulting in a population density of 347 inhabitants per km ².

Baarle -Hertog is known as part of the border town of Baarle for the complicated boundaries with Baarle -Nassau in the Netherlands. There is a total of 24 separate pieces of land. Apart from the main area Zondereigen north of the Belgian municipality located 20 Belgian exclaves Merksplas in the Netherlands and three other areas are located on the Dutch- Belgian border. In addition, there are seven Dutch enclaves within the Belgian exclaves. Six of them are located in the largest area and a seventh in the second largest. An eighth Dutch enclave located in Zondereigen.

The border demarcation is so complicated that the border passes through some houses. There was a time when according to Dutch laws restaurants had to close earlier than the Belgian. For some restaurants on the border, this meant that customers had to change only the table.

Arrondissement of Turnhout Baarle-Nassau Aartselaar Arendonk Balen Beerse Berlaar Boechout Bonheiden Boom, Belgium Bornem Borsbeek Brasschaat Brecht, Belgium Dessel Duffel Edegem Essen, Belgium Geel Grobbendonk Heist-op-den-Berg Hemiksem Herentals Herenthout Herselt Hoogstraten Hove, Belgium Hulshout Kalmthout Kapellen, Belgium Kasterlee Kontich Laakdal Lier, Belgium Lille, Belgium Lint, Belgium Malle Mechelen Meerhout Mol, Belgium Mortsel Niel, Belgium Nijlen Olen, Belgium Oud-Turnhout Putte Ranst Ravels Retie Rijkevorsel Rumst Schelle Schilde Schoten Sint-Amands Sint-Katelijne-Waver Stabroek Turnhout Vorselaar Vosselaar Westerlo Wijnegem Willebroek Wommelgem Wuustwezel Zandhoven Zoersel Zwijndrecht, Belgium
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