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The border between Belgium and Luxembourg is about 148 kilometres (92 mi) long. It runs between the Belgian provinces of Luxembourg and Liège and the Luxembourg regions of Ardennes, Luxembourg City and Red Lands. There are 507 border markers along the S-shaped border. [5] The Belgium–Luxembourg border was defined in 1839.
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land belonging to one country (or region etc.) that is totally surrounded by another country (or region). An exclave is a piece of land that is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically contiguous with it (connected to it) because they are completely separated by a surrounding foreign territory or territories.
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. N5, De Rethsche Akkers: 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 ...
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 current Belgian enclaves as well as Dutch counter-enclaves which has resulted in what has been called the world's most complicated international boundary, [2] is a continuation of land ownership from the feudal age. Several subsequent negotiations failed to resolve the territorial issues here.
Belgium controlled several territories and concessions during the colonial era, principally the Belgian Congo (modern DR Congo) from 1908 to 1960, Ruanda-Urundi (modern Rwanda and Burundi) from 1922 to 1962, and Lado Enclave (modern Central Equatoria province in South Sudan) from 1884 to 1910.
Lado Enclave (7 P) R. Ruanda-Urundi (4 C, 13 P) T. ... Pages in category "Former Belgian colonies" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Due to the route of the now defunct railway, six exclaves of Germany, completely surrounded by Belgian territory, as well as one counter-enclave, were created. Today five German enclaves remain surrounded by Belgian territory, consisting of the village Mützenich as well as parts of the districts of Monschaus and Roetgens. [3]