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Baarle features twenty-two Belgian enclaves inside the Netherlands
The border town of Baarle consists of complex interlocking Dutch and Belgian territories separated by property lines.
Baarle-Nassau in the Netherlands and Baarle-Hertog in Belgium form one of the most intricate international borders in the world. The border cuts through streets, gardens, and even individual houses, marked by white crosses on the pavements. Local nationality is determined by which side of the border a home main front door faces.
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Baarle features twenty-two Belgian enclaves inside the Netherlands: the short answers
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- The border town of Baarle consists of complex interlocking Dutch and Belgian territories separated by property lines. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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