Baarle-Nassau
Baarle-Nassau (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbaːrlə ˈnɑsʌu] ⓘ) is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. It had a population of 6,899 in 2019. The town is the site of a complicated borderline between Belgium and the Netherlands: it encloses 22 small exclaves of the Belgian town Baarle-Hertog, of which the two largest contain seven counter-enclaves of Baarle-Nassau, and the main body of Belgium contains another.
Baarle-Nassau | |
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Municipality | |
Baarle-Nassau town hall | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in North Brabant | |
| Coordinates: 51°27′N 4°56′E | |
| Country | Netherlands; however, the Dutch municipality of Baarle-Nassau totally surrounds numerous small exclaves of Belgium. |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Marjon de Hoon-Veelenturf (CDA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 76.29 km2 (29.46 sq mi) |
| • Land | 76.14 km2 (29.40 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.15 km2 (0.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (January 2021) | |
| • Total | 6,899 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5110–5114 |
| Area code | 013 |
| Website | www |
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