Baarle-Nassau

Baarle-Nassau
Baarle-Nassau town hall
Baarle-Nassau town hall
Flag of Baarle-Nassau
Coat of arms of Baarle-Nassau
Highlighted position of Baarle-Nassau in a municipal map of North Brabant
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°27′N 4°56′E / 51.450°N 4.933°E / 51.450; 4.933
CountryNetherlands; however, the Dutch municipality of Baarle-Nassau totally surrounds numerous small exclaves of Belgium.
ProvinceNorth Brabant
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorMarjon de Hoon-Veelenturf (CDA)
Area
 • Total76.29 km2 (29.46 sq mi)
 • Land76.14 km2 (29.40 sq mi)
 • Water0.15 km2 (0.06 sq mi)
Elevation28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[4]
 • Total6,899
 • Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5110–5114
Area code013
Websitewww.baarle-nassau.nl
Topographic map of the municipality of Baarle-Nassau, June 2015

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.

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  4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.