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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.
The police of Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau are located within the same office on the Parallelweg in Baarle-Hertog and are locally established. The local police officer of Baarle is sometimes called Dirco. The fire services of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog merged into a single body on 1 January 2010.
Map showing the enclaves of Baarle-Hertog. Baarle-Hertog is noted for its complicated borders with Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands. [3]The border's complexity results from a number of medieval treaties, agreements, land-swaps and sales between the Lords of Breda and the Dukes of Brabant.
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In 2008, a 25-year old woman from Belarus was found dead in her home right on the border, about a year after she had gone missing. Parts of the house were in the Netherlands (Baarle-Nassau), other parts in Belgium (Baarle-Hertog). GPS measurements determined that her body was found just on the Dutch side of the border.
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Baarle-Hertog (22 parcels) 2.3448 Belgium (Antwerp province – Baarle-Hertog municipality) Netherlands (North Brabant province – Baarle-Nassau municipality) (H1) A group of 22 Belgian enclaves in the southern Netherlands. Enclaves H1 and H2 are connected at a single point.