Baarle Hertog

Baarle-Hertog known as Baerle-Duc in French, is a Flemish municipality of Belgium, much of which consists of a number of small Belgian exclaves in the Netherlands. While some of its territory consists of exclaves in the Dutch province of North Brabant, it is part of the Belgian province of Antwerp. On 1 January 2006 Baarle-Hertog had a population of 2,306. The total area is 7.48 square kilometres which gives a population density of 308 inhabitants per km. Baarle-Hertog is noted for its complicated borders with Baarle-Nassau,

Netherlands. The complex border was created after the Treaty of Maastricht was signed between the Netherlands and Belgium in 1843. In total it consists of 24 separate parcels of land, none of which is actually contiguous with the bulk of the territory of Belgium to which it belongs. The main division of Baarle-Hertog is Zondereigen named after its main hamlet, located north of the Belgian town of Merksplas.