- Baarle-Hertog
Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Baarle-Hertog
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arms=Baarle-Hertog.jpg
region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-AN
arrondissement=Turnhout
nis=13002
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mayor=Jan Van Leuven (CDK)
majority=CDK
postal-codes=2387
telephone-area=014
web= [http://www.baarle-hertog.be www.baarle-hertog.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=27
lon_deg=04
lon_min=56Baarle-Hertog is a
municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Baarle-Hertog proper. OnJanuary 1 2006 Baarle-Hertog had a total population of 2,306. The total area is 7.48 km² which gives apopulation density of 308 inhabitants per km².Baarle-Hertog is noted for its complicated borders with
Baarle-Nassau in theNetherlands . In total it consists of 24 separate pieces of land. Apart from the main piece (called "Zondereigen") located north of the Belgian town ofMerksplas , there are twenty Belgianexclave s in the Netherlands and three other pieces on the Dutch-Belgian border. There are also seven Dutch exclaves within the Belgian exclaves. Six of them are located in the largest one and a seventh in the second-largest one. An eighth Dutch exclave lies in Zondereigen.The border is so complicated that there are some houses that are divided between the two countries. There was a time when according to Dutch laws restaurants had to close earlier. For some restaurants on the border it meant that the clients simply had to change their tables to the Belgian side.
Famous inhabitants
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Petrus Christus , 15th century painterExternal links
* [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/baarle.htm Barry Smith's Baarle Site] (with maps)
* [http://www.baarle-hertog.be Official Site] (in Dutch)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060426132902/www.borderlandtv.com/photos_2.html Photos from Baarle-Nassau/Hertog]
* [http://geosite.jankrogh.com/baarle.htm Jan S. Krogh's Geosite about the Baarles]
* [http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/going-dutch-in-amsterdam/ New York Times, Frugal Traveler Blog, August 2008 (Matt Gross)] -- see video of Baarle-Hartog in middle of page
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